noun
ănhēlātĭo
Meaning
- a difficulty of breathing
ănhēlātĭo, ōnis, f. anhelo (post-Aug. for the earlier anhelitus),
I. a difficulty of breathing, panting, puffing.
I. Lit.:
piscium aestivo calore, the panting of fish, Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.—As a disease = ἆσθμα, asthma, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47.—II. Trop.:
in iis (gemmis) caelestis arcūs anhelatio, breathing, play of, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89.