expirans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of expīrō

Participle

expīrāns (genitive expīrantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. exhaling
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.44-45:
      “illum expīrantem trānsfīxō pectore flammās
      turbine corripuit scopulōque īnfīxit acūtō.”
      “That one exhaling flames from [his] pierced chest [after] she grabbed [him] up in a whirlwind and impaled [him] on a pointed rock.”
      (What is described in line 44 occurs after line 45, an example of hysteron proteron; i.e., Ajax the Lesser dies after Athena strikes him down. Here, “expirantem” may be understood as “exhaling” fire as well as “expiring” with a dying breath.)
  2. expiring, dying

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative expīrāns expīrantēs expīrantia
Genitive expīrantis expīrantium
Dative expīrantī expīrantibus
Accusative expīrantem expīrāns expīrantēs
expīrantīs		 expīrantia
Ablative expīrante
expīrantī1		 expīrantibus
Vocative expīrāns expīrantēs expīrantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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