Lewis & Short

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suspīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [subspiro].

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Act. (poet.).
    1. A. To breathe out, exhale: umentes nebulas (Anauros), Luc. 6, 370: inclusum pectore, Bacchum, Sil. 4, 779; 12, 136.
    2. B. 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.
    3. C. 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.