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LNS

spīrābilis, spīrābile

spiro

adjective (3^rd 2-termination)

that may be breathed, good to breathe, breathable, respirable
that serves to sustain life, vital
that can breathe, fitted for breathing, respiratory

Abbreviations

spīrābilis, e, adj. spiro, that may be breathed, good to breathe, breathable, respirable. Lit.: terra circumfusa undique est hac animali spirabilique naturā, cui nomen est aer, Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 91; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 18; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40; 1, 29, 70.

— Transf. * Pass., that serves to sustain life, vital: per sidera testor, caeli spirabile lumen, Verg. A. 3, 600.

—* Act., that can breathe, fitted for breathing, respiratory: viscera, Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 17.