effoco

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οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ef-fōco: āre, v. a. faux,
I to suffocate, smother.—Trop.: bonis suis effocantur, Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 3 dub. (al. offoco).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

effōcō, āre, tr. (ex, foces ou fauces), étouffer, suffoquer || [fig.] : Sen. Brev. 2, 4.