spiraculum

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τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

spīrācŭlum: i, n. id.,
I a breathinghole, air - hole, vent, spiracle (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Lucr. 6, 493; Verg. A. 7, 568; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208; Val. Fl. 3, 553; Pall. Jun. 7, 8; id. Oct. 14, 16.—Also breath: vitae, Vulg. Gen. 2, 7; 7, 22.