asthmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἀσθματικός,
afflicted with shortness of breath or coughing [ἆσθμα; cf. Cels. 4, 4, 2], asthmatic : asthmaticis in vino (radicem altheae) bibendam dare, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 230 (Jan, spasticis ); 26, 7, 19, § 34.