Anhelitus, huius anhélitus, in. g. pen. corr. Breath or winde.Æger anhelitus.Virg. Aridus. Ouid.Creber.Virg. Sublimis. Horat. Captare anhelitum.Ouid.To fetch breath hardly.Mouere anhelitus.Cic.Recipere anhelitum.Plaut.To draw breath againe.Reddere & recipere anhelitum. Plin. To breath in and out. Anhelitus terrarum.Cic.The vapours or mistes.Anhelitus vini.Cic.The vapour or sent.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ănhēlĭtus, ūs, m. [id.]. I.A difficulty of breathing, panting, puffing (class. for the post-Aug. anhelatio): ex cursurā anhelitum ducere,
, Verg. A. 5, 432: aridus e lasso veniebat anhelitus ore, Ov. M. 10, 663; Sen. Ep. 54; Gell. 12, 5.—As a disease, the asthma (cf. anhelatio), Plin. 35, 15, 51, 180.—II. A.. In gen., breathing, breath: unguentorum odor, vini anhelitus,
breath smelling of wine
, Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 16: male odorati anhelitus oris,
bad breath
, Ov. A. A. 1, 521: anhelitum reddere ac per vices recipere,
to breathe out and in
, Plin. 9, 7, 6, 16 al.—B. Metaph., of other things, breath, exhalation, vapor: credo etiam anhelitus quosdam fuisse terrarum, quibus inflatae mentes oracula funderent, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 115: placet Stoicos eos anhelitus terrae, qui frigidi sunt, cum fluere coeperint, ventos esse, id. ib. 2, 19, 44.