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单词 spiritus
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Definition of spiritus in English:

spiritus

nounˈspɪrɪtʊsˈspɪrɪdəs
literary
  • A particular spirit or quality.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In animal organisms vital and cognitive functions depend on the spiritus.
    • Forget the spiritual connotations of breath, spiritus, soul, or whatever.
    • As I entered that all-too-familiar room, the creator spiritus took possession of me, held me in its clutches and chastised me for eight weeks, until the work was all but finished.
    • Even when the Renaissance Neoplatonist Marsilio Ficino talked about the health of the scholar he meant to refer to the state of his spiritus.

Origin

Latin, 'breath, spirit'.

Definition of spiritus in US English:

spiritus

nounˈspɪrɪdəsˈspiridəs
literary
  • Latin term for breath, often used figuratively to mean spirit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Forget the spiritual connotations of breath, spiritus, soul, or whatever.
    • As I entered that all-too-familiar room, the creator spiritus took possession of me, held me in its clutches and chastised me for eight weeks, until the work was all but finished.
    • In animal organisms vital and cognitive functions depend on the spiritus.
    • Even when the Renaissance Neoplatonist Marsilio Ficino talked about the health of the scholar he meant to refer to the state of his spiritus.

Origin

Latin, ‘breath, spirit’.

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