suspirium
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
Latin > English
suspirium suspiri(i) N N :: deep breath, sigh
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
suspīrĭum: ii, n. id.,
I a deep breath, a sighing, sigh.
I Lit. (class.): suspirium alte petere, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 58: traxit ex intimo ventre, id. Truc. 2, 7, 41: crebrum suspirium, Col. 6, 14, 2: si quis est in rerum naturā sine sollicitudine, sine suspirio, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72: idque ab exercitu cum suspirio videretur, Spart. Pers. 11.— Plur.: quos numquam pungunt suspiria, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 27: repetere, Tib. 3, 6, 61: ducere, Ov. M. 1, 656: ducere ab imo Pectore, id. ib. 10, 402; 2, 125; 2, 774; 9, 537: cessant, Mart. 10, 13, 19.—Of animals, Mart. 1, 110, 9.—
B As a disease, shortness of breath, asthma (post-Aug. and very rare): morbus, qui satis apte dici suspirium potest, Sen. Ep. 54, 1: suspirio laborare, Col. 7, 5 fin.; Veg. Vet. 1, 10 fin.; 1, 38, 4.—
II Transf., in gen., a breathing, breath, respiration (in post-Aug. poetry): nec dat suspiria cursus Vulneris, Luc. 9, 928; 4, 328; Sil. 11, 221.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
suspīrĭum,¹² ĭī, n. (suspiro),
1 respiration [profonde] : Ov. M. 10, 402 ; Mart. 1, 109, 9 || soupir : Pl. Truc. 600 ; Cic. Tusc. 4, 72
2 asthme : Sen. Ep. 54, 1 ; Col. Rust. 7, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
suspīrium, iī, n. (suspiro), I) das tiefe Atemholen, 1) der Seufzer, das Ächzen, Cic. Tusc. 4, 72: suspiria ducere animo, alto pectore, Ov.: suspiria trahere penitus, tief aufseufzen, Ov.: vultum ima ad suspiria ducere, zu tiefen S. verziehen, Ov.: pectus laxare suspiriis, Pacat. pan.: cum uxor vigilias somnos suspiria matri Liviae patefaceret, Tac.: odi ego, cum numquam pungunt suspiria somnos, Prop. – dah. meton., die Liebe, referens suspiria, ihre L. meldend, Ov. met. 13, 738. – 2) die Beklemmung der Brust, das Keuchen, Sen. u.a. – II) übtr., übh. das Atemholen, Atmen, der Atem, Lucan., Sil. u. Mart. – III) t.t. in der Tierarzneikunst, die Hitzkrankheit der Tiere, s. Schneider zu Veget. mul. 1, 3 u. 4. – Nbf. suspirius, Veget. mul. 1, 4 (hunc suspirium vocant).
