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anhelatio

ănhēlātĭo, ōnis, f. [anhelo] (post-Aug. for the earlier anhelitus), a difficulty of breathing, panting, puffing.
  • I Lit.: piscium aestivo calore, the panting of fish, Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.—As a disease = ἆσθμα, asthma, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47.—
  • II Trop.: in iis (gemmis) caelestis arcūs anhelatio, breathing, play of, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89.

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