ănhēlātĭo

ōnis, f.

anhelo

I. a difficulty of breathing, panting, puffing.
I. Lit.: piscium aestivo calore, Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.—As a disease = ἆσθμα, asthma, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47.—
II. Trop.: in iis (gemmis) caelestis arcūs anhelatio, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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