anhelum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →anhelus, anhela, anhelum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
panting, puffing, gasping; breath-taking; that emits hot blast/vapor, steaming;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...lassatus malis sopore fessas alligat uenas dolor grauique anhelum pectus impulsu quatit. fauete, superi. si mihi gnatum inclutum..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tecta, per agros, serta inter uacuosque mero crateras anhelum proflabant sub luce deum; tunc plurima buxus aeraque taurinos..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...color unus, non comptae mansere comae; sed pectus anhelum, et rabie fera corda tument, maiorque videri nec mortale..."