emprosthotonia

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σοὶ μὲν παιδιὰν τοῦτ' εἶναι, ἐμοὶ δὲ θάνατον → This is sport to you but death to me (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1243a20)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

emprosthŏtŏnĭa: ae, f., = ἐμπροσθοτονία>,
I a disease in which the limbs are drawn forward and stiffen, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 6, 61.—The same called empro-sthŏtŏnos (=ἐμπροσθότονος>) morbus, id. ib. 3, 6, 65.—Hence, emprosthŏtŏ-nĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἐμπροσθοτονικός>, suffering from this disease, id. ib. § 69.