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aspīrō (ad-sp-) āvī, ātus, āre

ad + spiro, to breathe at, blow upon: adspirant aurae in noctem, freshen, V.: pulmones aspirantes, exhaling. — Poet.: ventos eunti, sends favorable breezes, V.: dictis amorem, imparts, V.: amaracus illum Floribus adspirans complectitur, breathing (odors) on him, V.: adspirare et adesse choris, accompany, H. — Fig., to strive for, seek to reach, aspire to, draw near: bellicā laude ad Africanum, to rival. ad alienam causam, to meddle: ad eum: in curiam: equis Achilles, V.To favor, help (poet.): adspirat fortuna labori, V.: coeptis meis, O.

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