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Pronunciation
Verb
anhelo
- first-person singular present indicative of anhelar
Esperanto
Etymology
From anheli + -o.
Pronunciation
Noun
anhelo (accusative singular anhelon, plural anheloj, accusative plural anhelojn)
- panting, puffing, gasping breath; hyperventilation
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From anhēlus + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
anhēlō (present infinitive anhēlāre, perfect active anhēlāvī, supine anhēlātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to breathe out, breathe forth, exhale
- Synonym: exspīrō
- (intransitive) to draw the breath with difficulty, pant, puff, gasp
- (intransitive, of fire) to emit vapour, puff; roar, crash
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 8.420:
- striduntque cauernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat
- Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires
- (figuratively) to pant after, long for
- Synonyms: adhinniō, appetō, aveō, captiō, captō, cupiō
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
(See also alēnō.)
References
- “anhelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “anhelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- anhelo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈnelo/
- Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: an‧he‧lo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from anhelar.
Noun
anhelo m (plural anhelos)
- longing, desire, wish
- Synonyms: afán, deseo
Etymology 2
Verb
anhelo
- first-person singular present indicative of anhelar
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