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ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου → my life is as nothing in respect to you, my life is nothing in thy reckoning

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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.