spiritus aspers

Noun

spiritus asper (plural spiritus aspers)

1. 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