spiritus asper
spiritus asper noun: synonym of rough breathing.
Noun
spiritus asper (plural spiritus aspers)
- Synonym of rough breathing.
- h, as an aspirate, is very frequent in Chinese ; it is generally a stronger aspirate than in English : in the dialects of the south it is often changed into f, in the north into s, or sh. To mark an aspirate after a consonant, we use the Greek spiritus asper in preference to h.1836 May, “System of Orthography for Chinese words”, in The Chinese Repository, volume V, number I, page 27
- Synonyms:
- rough breathing
Synonyms of spiritus asper
Forms of spiritus asper
| plural | spiritus aspers |
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Origin of spiritus asper
Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).
Questions about spiritus asper
- What does spiritus asper mean?
- Spiritus asper means synonym of rough breathing.
- What part of speech is spiritus asper?
- Spiritus asper is a noun.
- What is the plural of spiritus asper?
- The plural of spiritus asper is spiritus aspers.
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