Lewis & Short

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1. ălĭtus, Part. of alo.

2. ălĭtus, us, m. [alo], nourishment, sustenance: Parentibus quotannis aurum ad abundantem alitum mittebat, support, Don. Vit. Verg. 6, 25.

hālĭtus (alitus), ūs, m. [halo], breath, exhalation, steam, vapor.

  1. I. Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Nemeaeus leo Frendens efflavit graviter extremum halitum, his last breath, * Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: aegris faucibus exsuperat gravis halitus, Pers. 3, 88: quae (i. e. nebulae aestusque) velut halitus sursum feruntur, Lucr. 6, 478: a pulmone halitus graveolentia, i. e. stinking breath, Plin. 28, 12, 53, § 194; so, oris, id. 21, 20, 83, § 142; 28, 4, 14, § 56; cf.: artificis halitus oris, Juv. 10, 238: postero die ex ore (ebriorum) halitus cadi, fumes of wine, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142: plumbi fornacium halitus noxius et pestilens, exhalation, fumes, id. 34, 18, 50, § 167: carbonum, Prud. στεφ. 5, 219: terrae, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 31; Quint. 7, 9, 8: salis, Plin. 17, 4, 2, § 24: Averni, Val. Fl. 4, 494: solis, i. e. heat, Col. 2, 5, 2.
  2. II. Transf., the spirit, soul, Prud. Cath. 10, 11.
        1. b. Wind: frigidus, Claud. Rutil. 1, 105.