spiritu

spiritu is a Latin form of spiritus, meaning “breath, breathing; spirit, soul; pride, courage”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun.

Found 250 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.31: … ecumanus squaloris plenus ac pulveris, sed unguentis oblitus, vino vigiliisque languidus; omnia primo motu ac spiritu suo vini unguenti corporis odore complesset. dixisset haec quae volgo dicere solebat, non se decumas emisse, …

Plautus, Amphitruo 1.1.233: caélum fremitú virum, ex spíritu atque anhélitu

Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11.28: … e res summum peregrinationi meae tribuebat solacium, nec minus etiam victum uberiorem subministrabat: quidni? Spiritu faventis eventus quaesticulo forensi nutrito per patrocinia sermonis Romani.

All forms of spiritus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.