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1 spiramentum
spīrāmentum, i, n. [id.] ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).I. A.Lit.:B.caeca relaxat Spiramenta,
Verg. G. 1, 90:(apes) in tectis certatim tenuia cera Spiramenta linunt,
id. ib. 4, 39: cavernarum (Aetnae), [p. 1743] Just. 4, 1, 6; cf. Ov. M. 15, 343 (for which, shortly after:spirandi viae): talparum,
Pall. 1, 35, 10:animae,
i. e. the lungs, Verg. A. 9, 580:dato per cavernas radicibus spiramento,
Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—Trop., a breathing space, i. e. a brief pause or interval, an instant:II.intervalla ac spiramenta temporum,
Tac. Agr. 44 fin.:sine spiramento vel morā,
Amm. 29, 1, 40; 14, 7, 15. — -
2 (spīrāmentum, ī)
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3 spiramentum
air/breathing-passage; vent; pause, breathing space; draught, breath of air -
4 dīlūdium
dīlūdium ī, n [dis + ludus], a resting-time, intermission.—Plur., H.* * *interval, breathing-space
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