breath Copy link Outline I. The air taken into and expelled from the lungs; also, the act of respiration1. spīrĭtus, ūs2. ănĭma (esp. in poet.)3. afflātus, ūs (b. directed upon some object)4. hālĭtus, ūs (esp. hard or bad b.)5. ănhēlĭtus, ūs (prop. a hurried or difficult b., shortness of b.)II. Life1. ănĭma2. spīrĭtusIII. Breeze • breath: I. The air taken into and expelled from the lungs; also, the act of respiration: 1. spīrĭtus, ūs: to draw b., s. ducere, also, animam spiritu ducere, Cic.: to receive a son's last b., filii postremum s. excipere, Cic.: to take b., s. colligere, Quint.: to be fetching one's last b., i. e. expiring, trahere extremum s., Phaedr. to utter a sentence in a single b., complexionem verborum uno s. volvere, Cic. Fig.: the b. of the N. wind, Boreae s., Virg. 2. ănĭma (esp. in poet.): I stopped my b., a. compressi, Ter.: to hold one's b., a. continere, Cic. (tenere, Ov.): to take b., a. reciprocare, Liv.: the passage of the b., iter animae, Cic.: badness of b., animae gravitas, Plin.: v. also air. 3. afflātus, ūs (b. directed upon some object): Ov.: Stat. Fig.: the b. of the W. wind, af. Favonii, Plin. 4. hālĭtus, ūs (esp. hard or bad b.): badness of b. from the lungs, a pulmone graveolentia halitus, Plin.: for the purpose of improving the b., commendandi h. gratia, Plin.: v. fumes. 5. ănhēlĭtus, ūs (prop. a hurried or difficult b., shortness of b.): to take b., an. recipere, Pl.: the dry b. came from his weary mouth, aridus a lasso veniebat an. ore, Ov. Phr.: out of b. with running, exanimatus cursu, Caes. II. Life: 1. ănĭma: while a sick man has b. there is said to be hope, aegroto dum a. est, spes esse dicitur, Cic.: v. life. 2. spīrĭtus: to take away anyone's b., spiritum alicui auferre, Cic.: to give up one's b., s. reddere, Vell. III. Breeze: q. v.