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1 angina
angĭna (for the quantity of the pen., v. the foll. examples, and cf. Wagner ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 139), ae, f. [anchonê; v. ango].I.The quinsy, as suffocating: Insperato abiit quam unā angina sustulit horā, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 35, 9:II.Sues moriuntur angĭnā acri acerrume,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 139:Angĭna verŏ sibi mixtum sale poscit acetum,
Ser. Samm. 282; Cels. 2, 10; 4, 4; Plin. 23, 2, 29, § 61 al.: anginam vinariam habere dicuntur, qui vino suffocantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 28 Müll.— -
2 angor
angor, ōris, m. [ango], = angina.I.A compression of the neck, a strangling:II.occupat fauces earum angor,
the quinsy, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 100:aestu et angore vexata, i.e. aestu angorem ac prope suffocationem efficiente,
Liv. 5, 48.—Far oftener,Trop., anguish, torment, trouble, vexation (as a momentary feeling; while anxietas denotes a permanent state): est aliud iracundum esse, aliud iratum, ut differt anxietas ab angore; neque enim omnes anxii, qui anguntur aliquando;nec qui anxii, semper anguntur, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27:angor est aegritudo premens,
id. ib. 4, 8, 18; Lucr. 3, 853:anxius angor,
id. 3, 993; so id. 6, 1158:animus omni liber curā et angore,
Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:angor pro amico saepe capiendus,
id. Am. 13, 48; Tac. A. 2, 42:angor animi,
Suet. Tib. 7; so id. ib. 49 al.—In plur.:confici angoribus,
Cic. Phil. 2, 15; id. Off. 2, 1, 2. -
3 argyranche
argyranchē, ēs, f., = arguranchê, a sarcastic word formed in imitation of sunanchê (inflammation of the throat), the silver quinsy, Gell. 9, 9; cf. Pollux Onomast. 7, 24, and synanche. -
4 synanche
synanchē, ēs, f., = sunanchê, an inflammation of the throat, a sore-throat, quinsy, Gell. 11, 9, 1; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 3; Veg. Vet. 1, 38, 3; cf. Cels. 4, 4, 1.
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