adspiro

a-spīro ( adsp-, Baiter, Rib., Merk., K. and H.; asp-, Kayser, Halm, Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

I.

Neutr.

A.

To breathe or blow upon; constr. with ad, the dat., or absol.:

ad quae (granaria) nulla aura umida ex propinquis locis adspiret,

Varr. R. R. 1, 57:

ut ne ad eum frigus adspiret,

Cels. 2, 17:

pulmones se contrahunt adspirantes,

exhaling, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

Lenius aspirans aură,

Cat. 68, 64:

amaracus illum Floribus et dulci adspirans complectitur umbrā,

Verg. A. 1, 694: adspirant aurae in noctem, rise at or toward night, id. ib. 7, 8:

si minuma adspirat aura,

Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 124:

tibia adspirat choro,

accompanies, Hor. A. P. 204 al. —

2.

Trop.: alicui, to be favorable to, to favor, assist (the figure taken from a fair breeze):

aspira mihi,

Tib. 2, 1, 35:

quibus aspirabat Amor,

id. 2, 3, 71:

adspirat primo fortuna labori,

Verg. A. 2, 385:

adspirate canenti,

id. ib. 9, 525:

di, coeptis adspirate meis,

Ov. M. 1, 3.—Also absol.: magno se praedicat auxilio fuisse, quia paululum in rebus difficillimis aspiravit, Auct. ad Her. 4, 34 (cf. afflo).—

B.

To aspire to a person or thing, to desire to reach or obtain, i. e. to approach, come near (esp. with the access. idea of striving to attain to); constr. with ad, in with acc., the dat., a local adv., or absol. (class.; freq. in Cic.): qui prope ad ostium adspiraverint, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 4, 142:

quid enim quisquam ad meam pecuniam me invito aspirat? quid accedit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54 fin.; so id. Div. in Caecil. 5 fin.:

tu ad eum Ciceronem numquam aspirasti,

id. Pis. 5 fin.; so id. Fam. 7, 10:

omnes aditus tuos interclusi, ut ad me adspirare non posses,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

aspirare in curiam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 31:

in campum,

id. Sull. 18, 52:

ne non modo intrare, verum etiam adspicere aut aspirare possim,

id. Caecin. 14; Col. 8, 14, 9:

nec equis adspirat Achillis,

Verg. A. 12, 352:

sed non incendia Colchis adspirare sinit,

Val. Fl. 7, 584.— Trop.:

sed haec ad eam laudem, quam volumus, aspirare non possunt,

arrive at, attain to, Cic. Or. 41, 140:

bellicā laude aspirare ad Africanum nemo potest,

id. Brut. 21, 84:

haec etiam in equuleum coniciuntur, quo vita non adspirat beata,

id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13; Gell. 14, 3, 10.—

C.

In gram., to give the h sound, to aspirate (cf. aspiratio, II. B.):

consonantibus,

Quint. 1, 5, 20:

Graeci aspirare solent,

id. 1, 4, 14; Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 6, 3.—

II.

Act.

A.

To breathe or blow upon, to infuse, instil; lit. and trop. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

Juno ventos adspirat eunti,

sends favoring winds, Verg. A. 5, 607:

adspiravit auram quandam salutis fortuna,

Amm. 19, 6:

dictis divinum amorem,

Verg. A. 8, 373:

novam pectoribus fidem,

Claud. Fesc. 14, 16:

nobis tantum ingenii aspiret,

Quint. 4, prooem. § 5.—

* B.

To breathe or blow upon; trop. of the sea, to wash:

insula adspiratur freto Gallico,

is washed, Sol. 22.