Definition of halitus, alitus
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LNS
hālitus, hālitūs
(alitus, alitūs)
noun (m., 4th declension)
  1. breath, exhalation, steam, vapor
  2. the spirit, soul
  3. Wind
Abbreviations
hālitus (alitus), ūs, m. id., breath, exhalation, steam, vapor. Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Nemeaeus leo Frendens efflavit graviter extremum halitum, his last breath, * Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: aegris faucibus exsuperat gravis halitus, Pers. 3, 88: quae (i. e. nebulae aestusque) velut halitus sursum feruntur, Lucr. 6, 478: a pulmone halitus graveolentia, i. e. stinking breath, Plin. 28, 12, 53, § 194; so, oris, id. 21, 20, 83, § 142; 28, 4, 14, § 56; cf.: artificis halitus oris, Juv. 10, 238: postero die ex ore (ebriorum) halitus cadi, fumes of wine, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142: plumbi fornacium halitus noxius et pestilens, exhalation, fumes, id. 34, 18, 50, § 167: carbonum, Prud. στεφ. 5, 219: terrae, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 31; Quint. 7, 9, 8: salis, Plin. 17, 4, 2, § 24: Averni, Val. Fl. 4, 494: solis, i. e. heat, Col. 2, 5, 2.

— Transf., the spirit, soul, Prud. Cath. 10, 11.

— Wind: frigidus, Claud. Rutil. 1, 105.
 
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