(verb) : suspīro, āvi, ātum, 1, and
* A. [subspiro].
* Neutr., to draw a deep breath, heave a sigh, to sigh (class.): occulte,Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2: familiariter,id. ib. 1, 13, 1: suspirat ab imis Pectoribus,Ov. M. 2, 655: dumque ibi suspirat,id. ib. 1, 707: suspirat sacerdos,Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 572: flebile,id. in Eutr. 1, 269.—Poet.: puella in flavo hospite suspirans,sighing after, longing for,Cat. 64, 98: solā suspirat in illā,Ov. F. 1, 417; v. also infra, II.—Transf., of things: tellus atro exundante vapore Suspirans,breathing out,Sil. 12, 136: relicto brevi foramine, quo aestuantia vina suspirent,may exhale, evaporate,Pall. Oct. 14, 16: curae suspirantes, sighing, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 60 Vahl.).—With ne and subj., Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.
* Act. (poet.).
* To breathe out, exhale: umentes nebulas (Anauros),Luc. 6, 370: inclusum pectore, Bacchum,Sil. 4, 779; 12, 136.
* To sigh for, long for: suspirat longo non visam tempore matrem,Juv. 11, 152: amores,Tib. 4, 5, 11: Chloen,Hor. C. 3, 7, 10: lucra,Prud. Cath. 2, 44.
* To sigh out, exclaim with a sigh: grandis suspirat arator, incassum manuum cecidisse labores,Lucr. 2, 1164.—With ne: matrona et adulta virgo Suspiret, eheu! ne, etc. ( = sollicita est, ne),Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.