tinnitus
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν στῆθι καὶ ἄμπνυε → but you, stop now and catch your breath | but do thou now stand, and get thy breath
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tinnītus: ūs, m. id.,
I a ringing, jingling, tingling (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.: tinnitusque cie et Matris quate cymbala circum, Verg. G. 4, 64: strepit assiduo Tinnitu galea, id. A. 9, 809: sonuit tinnitibus ensis acutis, Ov. M. 5, 204; 6, 589; 14, 536: aera tinnitus repulsa dabunt, id. F. 4, 184; Sil. 13, 146; Quint. 11, 3, 31: ad tinnitum aeris, Sen. Ira, 3, 35, 3; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 76; 19, 1, 2, § 9: cuminum silvestre auribus instillatur ad sonitus atque tinnitus, a ringing in the ears, id. 20, 15, 57, § 162; 23, 4, 42, § 85; 28, 2, 5, § 24.— *
II Transf., of language, a jingling, jingle of words: tinnitus Gallionis, Tac. Or. 26; cf. tinnulus, II.
