tenesmos
From LSJ
οὐχὶ σοῦσθ'; οὐκ ἐς κόρακας; οὐκ ἄπιτε; παῖε τῷ ξύλῳ → You will not go? The plague seize you! Will you not clear off? Hit them with your stick!
Latin > English
tenesmos tenesmi N M :: constipation; a straining (from the Greek)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tēnesmos: i, m., = τεινεσμός,>
I a straining at stool, tenesmus, Plin. 28, 14, 59, § 211; 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 21, 84, § 227; Nep. Att. 21, 2; Scrib. Comp. 142 (in Cels. 4, 18, written as Greek).
Latin > German (Georges)
tēnesmos, ī, m. (τεινεσμός), der Stuhlzwang, Nep., Plin. u.a.
