interspiratio

Latin

Etymology

Notionally from interspīrō +‎ -tiō, but interspīrō is never attested in the sense "to catch one's breath". More appropriately analysed as inter- +‎ spirātiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /in.ter.spiːˈraː.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrs̠piːˈräːt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.ter.spiˈrat.t͡si.o/, [in̪t̪erspiˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

interspīrātiō f (genitive interspīrātiōnis); third declension

a pause for breath, a catching of breath

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	interspīrātiō	interspīrātiōnēs
Genitive	interspīrātiōnis	interspīrātiōnum
Dative	interspīrātiōnī	interspīrātiōnibus
Accusative	interspīrātiōnem	interspīrātiōnēs
Ablative	interspīrātiōne	interspīrātiōnibus
Vocative	interspīrātiō	interspīrātiōnēs

References

“interspiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“interspiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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