Logeion | spiraculum

spīrāculum, ī, n.: a breathing-place; (fig.), of Hades, breathing vent, mouth, 7.568. (spīrō)

spīrācŭlum, i, n. [spiro],

a breathinghole, air - hole, vent, spiracle (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Lucr. 6, 493; Verg. A. 7, 568; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208; Val. Fl. 3, 553; Pall. Jun. 7, 8; id. Oct. 14, 16.—Also breath: vitae, Vulg. Gen. 2, 7; 7, 22.

spīrāculum, ī, n. (spiro), das Luftloch, die Dunsthöhle, Verg., Plin. u.a.

spiraculum [CL] 1 air-hole, vent. euntes ‥ versus Ethnam tetenderunt, ubi inferni ~a esse videntur Alex. Cant. Mir. 22 (I) p. 205; stuphas undique videas ‥ lateralibus ‥ et preangustis ~i viis occulte calorem exhalantibus Gir. IK I 5 p. 56; factus est venter ejus quasi mustum absque ~o quod lagunculas novas dirumpit [Job xxxii 19] W. Newb. Serm. 824. 2 air breathed into and expelled from lungs, breath; b (in fig. context); c (transf., in quot., into and out of bellows). d air exhaled with characteristic odour; e (fig., w. ref. to odour of sanctity). municipes ‥ virus et flatum ‥ draconis non ferentes ‥. spopondit se [Victoria] virulenta spumantis basilici ~a [gl.: blædas] procul pulsaturam Aldh. VirgP 52; flatibus alternis vescor cum fratre gemello; / non est vita mihi, cum sint spiracula vitae Id. Aen. 11 (Poalum) 2; 8‥ ~um, orð WW; flatus nullius omnino ~um de ore illius egredi videbatur R. Cold. Cuthb. 70. b 1167 caput scismatis ‥ conteritur ‥ squame solvuntur ut ~um per eas possit incedere J. Sal. Ep. 252 (220). c folles ‥ / flatibus alternis spiracula maxima reddunt Wulf. Swith. pref. 145. d morbo regio turgescens ‥ fetidum exalavit ~um Aldh. VirgP 32; ori et naribus quasi inspirando, ceterisque ‥ corpusculi fenestris omnibus allatum ore florem apponit. et sic ‥ tam floris illius quam oris ~o ‥ respirare [catellos lesione mortificatos] compellit Gir. TH I 27. e hinc ‥ Wlsini merita in omnes redolentia beatificabat omnis lingua tanteque gratie ~a haurire omnium gaudebant suspiria Gosc. Wulsin 12. 3 act of breathing. b (w. ref. to wind) blowing. cuncta quae reciproco corporeae vivacitatis ~o vescebantur Aldh. Met. 2; hominem equoreum qui sine ~o ‥ intima ponti cum piscibus frequentabat indempnis Map NC IV 13 f. 54v. b ignis ‥~o venti intolerabilis ‥ adjutus, toti manerio exitium ‥ minabatur G. S. Alb. II 49. 4 (also ~um vitae, deriving from and often w. ref. to Gen. ii 7 or Gen. vii 22) breath of life; b (as sign or characteristic of life); c (restricted in illness or sim., also fig.); d (w. ref. to death). interioris [hominis] qualitatem, qui caelesti afflatus spiraculo juxta geneseos relatum creditur Aldh. VirgP 3; ne ‥ putemus Deum ‥ labiis ‥ inspirasse in faciem ‥ ut [homo] vivere posset et ~um vitae habere Bede Gen. 42C; a984 hominem ‥ ex limo conditum vitae ~o ad sui formavit similitudinem (Æthelwold Ch.) Conc. Syn. 121; cum nulla creatura preter hominem rationalem habeat animam, constat quia per ~um vite nequaquam rationalem significaverit animam Petrus Dial. 51; ~um vite quod exsufflaveram ego, tu cumulatiore gratia denuo inspirasti in eam [sc. faciem meam] J. Ford Serm. 4. 4; “da vitam unico filio suo atque inspira in eo ~um vite ‥” statim redeunte anima corpus contremuit (David) NLA I 261; 1445 quis nostrum sperare ausit se infundere posse ~um vite exsangui cadaveri Bekynton I 294. b preter id quod omnium animalium est, pectoris palpitantis ~um, nichil cum vivis habere commune videretur Mir. Hen. VI IV 133; gravi morbo detentus ‥ sine membrorum sive aliquo vite ~o Plusc. VII 12 (cf. Bower IX 62: sine motu vitali). c inter pregravantes occupationum angustias fere intercepto vite ~o, vix anheli spiritus anxietas ‥ presentes voces ‥ emittere potuit Ad. Marsh Ep. 207 p. 368; miserabilis Anglia ‥ quasi vite paulisper ~um reaccepit Meaux I 133; lingua ‥ tumore tumescens ‥ ut ne loquendi quidem dumtaxat officium, sed ipsum quoque consuetum homini preriperet vite ~um Mir. Hen. VI III 100. d donec mortalis clausit spiracula vitae / alta supernorum conquirens regna polorum Aldh. CE 3. 30; c788 sive in canonica sede sive in monachica sanctitate melius esset ultimi diei expectare ~um Alcuin Ep. 55; 945 (12c) nostrum donum ‥ postque ultimum vitae suae ~um qualicumque ratione cui voluerit relinquat superstiti CS 810; reddant [mater et filius] pariter vite spiraculum Walt. Wimb. Carm. 604. 5 spirit, immaterial being: a (of God). b soul, intelligent and immaterial part of man. c supernatural being (in quot. w. ref. to unclean spirit). a ~o ineffabili dum forent large afflati ter quaterni luculentissimi proceres, superni gaudii clarissimi dehinc extitere secutores Byrht. Man. epil. 244; 1241 quod vobis, deprecor, inspiret ~um Omnipotentis [cf. Job xxxiii 4] sapientie ‥ a gignente ingenito et nascente unigenito procedens, Spiritus consilii et fortitudinis [cf. Is. xi 2] Ad. Marsh Ep. 76 p. 189. b quamvis ossa tegat tellus et tumba sepulcri / artus includat ‥ / attamen ad caeli scandunt spiracula sedes Aldh. VirgV 2347. c ~a, unclænra gasta wunungstow Ælf. Gl..

spīrācŭlum, (15) ī, n. (spiro), soupirail, ouverture : Lucr. 6, 493 ; Virg. En. 7, 568.

spīrāculum, ī n (spiro) (poët.; postklass.) luchtgat; ➤ -a Ditis krochten v. Pluto.

spiraculum , i. n.
出氣之眼。

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, Flatus vel Spiritus, in Gloss. MSS. Sangerm. num. 501. Occurrit Genesi cap. 2. v. 7. cap. 7. v. 22. Proverb. cap. 20. v. 27. et alibi. Nostris Sospiral, pro Soupirail, tuyau d'une cheminée, Camini spiraculum. Lit. remiss. ann. 1389. in Reg. 136. Chartoph. reg. ch. 266 : Lequel chappellain entroit et devaloit en l'ostel de laditte Jaquette par la Sospiral de la cheminée.

spīrāculum ī, n

spiro, a breathing-hole, vent, spiracle: spiracula Ditis, i. e. of the lower world, V.

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