anhelatio

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ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκήςeven the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.