angĭna

I. v. the foll. examples, and cf. Wagner ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 139), ae, f. ἀγχόνη; v. ango.

I. The quinsy, as suffocating: Insperato abiit quam unā angina sustulit horā, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 35, 9: Sues moriuntur angĭnā acri acerrume, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 139: Angĭna verŏ sibi mixtum sale poscit acetum, Ser. Samm. 282; Cels. 2, 10; 4, 4; Plin. 23, 2, 29, § 61 al.: anginam vinariam habere dicuntur, qui vino suffocantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 28 Müll.—

II. Trop.: angina mentis, Tert. Anim. 48.