spirabilis
ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
spīrābĭlis: e, adj. spiro,
I that may be breathed, good to breathe, breathable, respirable.
I Lit.: terra circumfusa undique est hac animali spirabilique naturā, cui nomen est aër, Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 91; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 18; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40; 1, 29, 70.—
II Transf. *
A Pass., that serves to sustain life, vital: per sidera testor, caeli spirabile lumen, Verg. A. 3, 600.—*
B Act., that can breathe, fitted for breathing, respiratory: viscera, Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
spīrābĭlis,¹⁶ e (spiro),
1 respirable, aérien : Cic. Nat. 2, 91 ; Tusc. 1, 40, etc. || lumen spirabile Virg. En. 3, 600, le jour que nous respirons, cf. Racine Iphig. 2, 1
2 fait pour la respiration : Plin. 9, 17.
