opisthotonos: Difference between revisions

Πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → There are many wondrous things in this world, but none more wondrous than humans

Sophocles, Antigone, 332-3

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ŏpisthŏtŏnos: i, m., = ὀπισθότονος,
I a disease in which the body is violently curved backwards, a form of lock-jaw (post-Aug.), Plin. 28, 12, 52, § 192; 23, 1, 24, § 48 (written as Greek, Cels. 4, 3, § 3).—
II A disease that causes a person to fall backwards (eccl. Lat.), Hier. 3 Ep. ad Ephes. 6, 4.

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+|lshtext=<b>ŏpisthŏtŏnos</b>: i, m., = [[ὀπισθότονος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[disease]] in [[which]] the [[body]] is [[violently]] [[curved]] [[backwards]], a form of [[lock]]-[[jaw]] ([[post]]-Aug.), Plin. 28, 12, 52, § 192; 23, 1, 24, § 48 (written as Greek, Cels. 4, 3, § 3).—<br /><b>II</b> A [[disease]] [[that]] causes a [[person]] to [[fall]] [[backwards]] (eccl. Lat.), Hier. 3 Ep. ad Ephes. 6, 4.
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