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Esperanto
Pronunciation
Verb
anhelus
- conditional of anheli
Ido
Pronunciation
Verb
anhelus
- conditional of anhelar
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-slo- (“a breathing”, of which Latin hālō (“to breathe”) is possibly the outcome of the denominal), from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). The insertion of /-h-/ is likely onomatopoeic, like it is in hālō. Akin to animus (“spirit”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
anhēlus (feminine anhēla, neuter anhēlum); first/second-declension adjective
- out of breath, short of breath, panting, puffing, gasping
- causing panting or breathlessness
- (Medieval Latin) anxious, restless; impatient
- (Medieval Latin) fleeting
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Noun
anhēlus m (genitive anhēlī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) an asthmatic
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “anhelus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “anhelus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- anhelus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “anhelus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “anhēlus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43