ănhēlātĭo, ōnis, f. [anhelo] (post-Aug. for the earlier anhelitus), a difficulty of breathing, panting, puffing.
I Lit.: piscium aestivo calore, the panting of fish , Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.—As a disease = ἆσθμα, asthma , Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47.—
II Trop.: in iis (gemmis) caelestis arcūs anhelatio, breathing , play of , Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89.