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anhelo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of anhelar

Latin

Etymology

From anhēlus +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈheː.loː/

Verb

anhēlō ‎(present infinitive anhēlāre, perfect active anhēlāvī, supine anhēlātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I breathe out, breathe forth, exhale.
2. (intransitive) I draw the breath with difficulty, pant, puff, gasp.
3. (intransitive, of fire) I 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

4. (figuratively) I pant after, long for.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (exhale): exspīrō
• (long for): adhinniō, appetō, aveō, captiō, captō, cupiō

Derived terms

• anhēlātiō
• anhēlātor
• anhēlitus
• anhēlus

Descendants

• French: anhéler
• Italian: anelare
• Spanish: anhelar

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “anhelo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Noun

anhelo m ‎(plural anhelos)

1. wish

Related terms

• anhelar

Verb

anhelo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of anhelar.