emprosthotonia

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τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.

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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.