spīrō āvī, ātus, āre,
to breathe, draw breath, respire: dum spirare potero: ne spirare quidem sine metu possunt: sunt qui ab eo (Clodio)
spirante forum putent potuisse defendi, i. e. while alive: margarita viva ac spirantia saxis avelli, Ta.: spirantia consulit exta, still panting, V.: non sunt ausi admovere (corpori), velut spiranti, manūs, Cu.:
graviter spirantis copia thymbrae, i. e. of strong
odor, V.: Di maris et terrae . . . spirate secundi, i. e.
be propitious, V.—With acc, to breathe out, exhale, emit:
flammas, L.: flamina, O.:
divinum odorem, V.—To breathe, blow, be
exhaled, burst forth: Letiferis calidi spirarunt flatibus
austri, O.: Quā vada non spirant, rage,
V.: fervet fretis spirantibus aequor, boiling,
V.—Fig., to breathe, live, be alive: videtur Laeli mens
spirare etiam in scriptis: spirat adhuc amor puellae, H.: Parii lapides spirantia signa, V.—To be inspired, have
poetic inspiration: Quod spiro, tuum est, H.
—With acc, to breathe forth, exhale, be full of, be inspired
with, aim at: mendacia, Iu.: amores, H.: tribunatum, L.: maiora, Cu.: immane, V.
