Associations to the word «Spiritus»

Wiktionary

SPIRITUS ASPER, noun. (orthography) A diacritic mark in Ancient Greek used to indicate aspiration of an initial vowel or rho.
SPIRITUS ASPERS, noun. Plural of spiritus asper
SPIRITUS LENIS, noun. (orthography) A diacritic mark in Ancient Greek used to indicate absence of aspiration for an initial vowel, and sometimes for a rho. (ἀ, ῤ)
SPIRITUS MUNDI, noun. (sometimes capitalized) The spirit, outlook, point of view, or social and cultural values characteristic of an era of human history.

Wise words

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