spiritus
Latin for spirit
Spiritus is a Latin word meaning breath, spirit, or life force, borrowed into English primarily in technical, religious, or archaic contexts.
In alchemy and early chemistry, spiritus referred to volatile substances or essences extracted through distillation.
The term appears in phrases like spiritus mundi (world spirit) and spiritus sanctus (Holy Spirit).
In some European countries, spiritus names high-proof alcohol used as fuel or solvent.
Italy's capital city
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- CiceroAncient Rome's greatest speaker
- SenecaStoic moralist of Rome
Virgil · Ovid · etymology · animus · pneuma · afflatus · ecclesiastical · theological
Think deeply about
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- divineOf or from gods
revelation · prophesy · enlightenment · intuition · insight · vision · afflatus · possessed
Draw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- oxygenElement eight, colorless gas
- lungsRespiratory chest organs
- diaphragmMuscle separating chest, abdomen
ventilation · pulmonary · bronchi · trachea · gasp · wheeze · sigh · breathless
Innermost animating essence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
haunt · afterlife · revenant · wraith · entity · supernatural · incorporeal · otherworldly
Power to do work
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- vivacityAnimated spirit or energy
- verveSpirited enthusiasm
- zestKeen enjoyment or peel
animation · liveliness · spiritedness · élan · dynamism · fervor · ardor · enthusiasm
Rome
Italy's capital city
Seneca · Virgil · Ovid · etymology · animus · pneuma · afflatus · ecclesiastical · theological · liturgical
muse
Think deeply about
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
divine · revelation · prophesy · enlightenment · intuition · insight · vision · afflatus · possessed · channeling
inhale
Draw air in
diaphragm · ventilation · pulmonary · bronchi · trachea · gasp · wheeze · sigh · breathless · life force
soul
Innermost animating essence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
poltergeist · haunt · afterlife · revenant · wraith · entity · supernatural · incorporeal · otherworldly · paranormal
energy
Power to do work
zest · animation · liveliness · spiritedness · élan · dynamism · fervor · ardor · enthusiasm · life
spiritusflesh
Soft body matter
corpus · concupiscence · materiality · corruption · mortality
spiritusdeath
Cessation of life
lifelessness · inertness · corpse · cadaver · extinction
- rebellious spiritDisposition against compliance
- spiritual enlightenmentProfound transcendent awareness
- free spiritUninhibited, unconventional person
- team spiritShared enthusiasm among members
- in spiritPresent emotionally, not physically
- good spiritsPleasant, upbeat mood
spirit, spirited, spirits, spiritual, spirituality, dispirited, spiritually, spiritualism, dispirit