expire Copy link Outline I. To breathe one's lastII. To come to an end1. exeo, 4, irr.2. intercēdo, 3 (of an interval between events) • expire: I. To breathe one's last: exspīro, 1 (not in Cic.): Liv, 2., 20, etc.: Virg.: Quint. Phr.: to e., animam edere, Cic. Sext. 38, 83; animam agere, efflare, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 19; animam exhalare, exspirare, Ov.: on the point of e.ing, moribundus, Cic.: v. to die. II. To come to an end: of a period of time: 1. exeo, 4, irr.: the time prescribed by the truce had e.d, indutiarum dies exierat, Liv. 4, 30, med.: Cic.: v. to end. 2. intercēdo, 3 (of an interval between events): v. to elapse. Phr.: after thirty-three days had e.d, peractis diebus tribus et triginta, Liv. 1, 32, med.: simly, when a period or cycle of time has e.d, circumactis (diebus, annis), Liv. 9, 33, med.: to be on the point of e.ing, jam in exitu esse, Liv.