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rēspīrātĭo , ōnis, f. respiro.
I. Lit., a breathing out, exhaling; hence, in gen., breathing, respiration, Cic. Univ. 6; Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18; Quint. 9, 4, 67 (with spiritus); 11, 3, 39; 53; 63; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 3, 16; 2, 32, 167.—*
B. Transf., exhalation: “aquarum,” Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 27.—
II. Trop., a breathing in the course of an action, i. e. a taking breath, resting; an intermission, pause: “in suo quisque gradu obnixi sine respiratione ac respectu pugnabant,” Liv. 8, 38.—So of a pause in speaking: “morae respirationesque delectant,” Cic. Or. 16, 53; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 11; 11, 3, 49.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 38
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.18
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 9.11
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.67
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.49
    • Cicero, Orator, 16.53
    • Cicero, Timaeus, 6
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