spira

spira (accusative singular spiran, plural spiraj, accusative plural spirajn)

1. respiratory

spira f (plural spire)

1. coil
2. curl (of smoke etc.)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

spira

1. inflection of spirare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Parìs, Sapri, aspri, asprì, parsi, raspi, spari, sparì

From Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twist, turn”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.ra/, [ˈs̠piːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.ra/, [ˈspiːrä]

spīra f (genitive spīrae); first declension

1. A thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound.
2. A coil, twist.
3. The base of a column.
4. A kind of cake; a twist.
5. A coil of rope.
6. A braid of hair.
7. A pretzel

First-declension noun.

• “spira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spira”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spira in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• spira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “spira”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “spira”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• spiren (of spire)
• spirene (of spir)

spira m or f

1. definite feminine singular of spire

spira n

1. definite plural of spir (Noun 2)

spira n

1. definite plural of spir (Noun 2)

spira (Cyrillic spelling спира)

1. third-person singular present of spirati

From Old Norse spíra.

spira c

1. a sceptre (a symbol of power)
2. a spire (on a tower)
3. a spar, a pole
4. (slang) a (woman's) leg

spira (present spirar, preterite spirade, supine spirat, imperative spira)

1. (often figurative) to sprout, to grow, to bud

• spirning

• spira in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spira in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spira in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• spira in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• Paris, prisa, ripas, sirap

spira f (plural spire)

1. itch