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- +‎ spīrātiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

interspīrātiō f (genitive interspīrātiōnis); third declension

  1. a pause for breath, a catching of breath

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative interspīrātiō interspīrātiōnēs
genitive interspīrātiōnis interspīrātiōnum
dative interspīrātiōnī interspīrātiōnibus
accusative interspīrātiōnem interspīrātiōnēs
ablative interspīrātiōne interspīrātiōnibus
vocative interspīrātiō interspīrātiōnēs

References

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