suspiriumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /susˈpiː.ri.um/, [sʊsˈpiː.ri.ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /susˈpi.ri.um/, [susˈpiː.ri.um]

名詞

suspīrium n (genitive suspīriī または suspīrī); second declension

1. a deep breath
2. a gasp, a pant
   • 587 CE, Gregory of Tours, Liber in gloria martyrum, 70 :

     Nec mora, corripitur pervasor a febre, decumbit lectulo, exhorret cibum, fastidit et potum, profert aestuans iuge suspirium.

     Immediately the man who had invaded [the church property] was struck with a fever. He lay on his bed, refused food and drink, and in his fever, writhing, unceasingly brought forth a spasmodic pant.