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spiritus asper

[ spir-i-tuhs as-per; Latin spee-ri-toos ahs-per ]

spiritus asper

/ ˈspɪrɪtəs ˈæspə /

noun

  1. another term for rough breathing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spiritus asper1

From Late Latin spīritus asper
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spiritus asper1

Latin: rough breath
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Example Sentences

This latter is the so-called spiritus asper, because the emission of unvocalized breath which precedes phonation gives an aspirated or h sound, so that, instead of ah, we hear haa.

The spiritus asper is caused by a too slow contraction of the vocal cords and their too gradual approach for phonation.

With a normal attack—the spiritus lenis in contradistinction to the spiritus asper—the glottis is in position for phonation at the moment breath passes through it.

Greek scholars should keep in mind, that the German H is expressed by the Greek mark which is called by grammarians spiritus asper, and that in both syllables of Hefner e is long, and with this remark they will find by writing Hefner with Greek letters, in the name exactly the number 666.

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