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suspīro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I.a. [subspiro].
I. Neutr., to draw a deep breath, heave a sigh, to sigh (class.): “occulte,Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2: “familiariter,id. ib. 1, 13, 1: “suspirat ab imis Pectoribus,Ov. M. 2, 655: “dumque ibi suspirat,id. ib. 1, 707: “suspirat sacerdos,Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 572: “flebile,id. in Eutr. 1, 269.—Poet.: “puella in flavo hospite suspirans,sighing after, longing for, Cat. 64, 98: “solā suspirat in illā,Ov. F. 1, 417; v. also infra, II.—Transf., of things: “tellus atro exundante vapore Suspirans,breathing out, Sil. 12, 136: “relicto brevi foramine, quo aestuantia vina suspirent,may exhale, evaporate, Pall. Oct. 14, 16: curae suspirantes, sighing, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 60 Vahl.).—With ne and subj., Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.—
II. Act. (poet.).
A. To breathe out, exhale: “umentes nebulas (Anauros),Luc. 6, 370: “inclusum pectore, Bacchum,Sil. 4, 779; 12, 136. —
B. To sigh for, long for: “suspirat longo non visam tempore matrem,Juv. 11, 152: “amores,Tib. 4, 5, 11: “Chloen,Hor. C. 3, 7, 10: “lucra,Prud. Cath. 2, 44.—
C. To sigh out, exclaim with a sigh: “grandis suspirat arator, incassum manuum cecidisse labores,Lucr. 2, 1164.—With ne: “matrona et adulta virgo Suspiret, eheu! ne, etc. ( = sollicita est, ne),Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.
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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.21.2
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.707
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.655
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.1164
    • Lucan, Civil War, 6.370
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.21
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