tetanus
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Latin > English
tetanus tetani N M :: neck-cramp (Pliny)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tĕtănus: i, m., = τέτανος,>
I a stiffness or spasm of the neck, tetanus, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48; 31, 10, 46, § 122; Scrib. Comp. 101 (in Cels. 4, 3, written as Greek).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tĕtănus, ī, m. (τέτανος), contraction des nerfs, crampe, tétanos : Plin. 23, 48 ; 31, 122.
Latin > German (Georges)
tetanus, ī, m. (τέτανος), die Halsstarre, der Tetanus, Plin. u. Scrib. – Dav. tetanicus, a, um (τετανικός), mit der Halsstarre behaftet, Plin. 20, 239 u.a.
