I.out of breath, panting, puffing; attended with short breath (only in the poets): sic igitur tibi anhela sitis de corpore nostro Abluitur, * Lucr. 4, 875 dub.: “equi,” Verg. G. 1, 250, and Ov. M. 15, 418: “pectus,” Verg. A. 6, 48: “senes,” who suffer from shortness of breath, id. G. 2, 135: “cursus,” causing to pant, Ov. M. 11, 347; so, “febres,” id. P. 1, 10, 5: “tussis,” Verg. G. 3, 497: “dies,” Stat. Th. 4, 680: “mons,” Claud. Rapt. 3, 385.—With gen.: nec soli faciles; longique laboris anhelos Avertit patrius genti pavor, panting on account of the long struggle, Sil. 15, 721 (for this gen. v. Roby. II. § 1318).
ănhēlus , a, um, adj. anhelo,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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