aspiro

aspīrō (ad-sp-) āvī, ātus, āre

ad + spiro, to breathe at, blow upon : adspirant aurae in noctem, freshen , V.: pulmones aspirantes, exhaling . — Poet.: ventos eunti, sends favorable breezes , V.: dictis amorem, imparts , V.: amaracus illum Floribus adspirans complectitur, breathing (odors) on him , V.: adspirare et adesse choris, accompany , H.— Fig., to strive for, seek to reach, aspire to, draw near : bellicā laude ad Africanum, to rival . ad alienam causam, to meddle : ad eum: in curiam: equis Achilles, V.— To favor, help (poet.): adspirat fortuna labori, V.: coeptis meis, O.