Respiro, respíras, pen prod respirâre. Tere. To take breath: to take coorte: to pause: to reste: to sende foorth a certaine sauour.Poeticis voluptatibus aures forensi asperitate respirãt. Q. With the pleasant hearing or reading of Doets the eares are refreshed and pause from the rough sounde of orators pleading.A metu respirare.Cic.To take comfort after feare.Respirat ciuitas. Ci. The citie resteth from trouble, and commeth to the old state againe.Respirare & reddere animam. Ci. Respirâro si te videro. Ci. I Hall be eased or comforted if I Hal see you.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
rē-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.I.Lit., to blow or breathe back; to breathe out, exhale (class.; esp. in the trop. signif.): quod nisi respirent venti, vis nulla refrenet Res ... nunc quia respirant, etc., Lucr. 6, 568 sq.: cum aspera arteria ad pulmones usque pertineat excipiatque animam eam, quae ducta sit spiritu eandemque a pulmonibus respiret et reddat, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136: ex eā pars redditur respirando, id. ib. 2, 55, 138: malignum aëra,
to exhale
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send forth
, Stat. S. 2, 2, 78; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 35; and poet.: fistula, i. e.
to sound
, Calp. Ecl. 4, 74.—II.Transf., in gen., to take breath; to breathe, respire (only neutr.). A.Lit.: propius fore eos ad respirandum, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64; 3, 14, 48: sine respirem, quaeso, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 20 (with recipere anhelitum); id. Pers. 3, 3, 12: O Clitopho, timeo. Clit. respiro, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 12; Quint. 8, 5, 14; Plin. 14, 22, 28, 146: ut non ter deciens respiret, Juv. 14, 28 al.— B.Trop., to fetch one's breath again, to recover breath; to recover, revive, be relieved or refreshed after any thing difficult (as labor, care, etc.); constr. absol. or ab aliquā re.(a).Absol.: (improbitas) cujus in animo versatur, numquam sinit eum respirare, numquam acquiescere, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 52; cf.: si armis positis civitas respiraverit, id. Fam. 6, 2, 2 (with recreari): cum tot negotiis distentus sit, ut libere respirare non possit, id. Rosc. Am. 8, 22: respiravi, liberatus sum, id. Mil. 18, 47: homines respirasse videbantur, id. Sest. 38, 71; id. Att. 2, 24, 5; 7, 13, a, 3; 10, 1: spatium respirandi dare, Liv. 10, 28; 26, 26fin.; 28, 31; Verg. A. 9, 813 al.: quo animi respirant, Quint. 9, 4, 62.—Impers. pass.: ita respiratum, mittique legationes coeptae, Liv. 29, 4.—(b). With ab: respirare a metu, Cic. Clu. 70, 200; id. Har. Resp. 23, 48: ab eorum mixtis precibus minisque, Liv 4, 25: a continuis cladibus, id. 22, 18; cf.: aures poëticis voluptatibus a forensi asperitate, Quint. 1, 8, 11.—2.Transf., twice in Cic., of the exertion or passion itself, to abate, diminish, cease (syn.: remittere, cessare): oppugnatio respiravit, Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 20: cupiditas atque avaritia respirasset, id. Quint. 16, 53.