LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

tēnesmos

Meaning

  1. a straining at stool

tēnesmos, i, m., = τεινεσμός,
I. a straining at stool, tenesmus, Plin. 28, 14, 59, § 211; 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 21, 84, § 227; Nep. Att. 21, 2; Scrib. Comp. 142 (in Cels. 4, 18, written as Greek).

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What does tēnesmos mean in Latin?
tēnesmos, a noun, means “a straining at stool”.