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anhēlō āvī, ātus, āre

anhelus.—Intrans, to breathe with difficulty, gasp, pant, puff: confugere anhelantem domum, T.: anhelabat sub vomere taurus, O.—Meton., of fire, to roar, crash: fornacibus ignis anhelat, V.Trans, to breathe out, exhale, breathe forth: anhelati ignes, O.: verba ... anhelata gravius.—Fig., to breathe out, pant after: scelus: crudelitatem ex pectore, Her.

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