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angina

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anginas Noun: feminine accusative plural of angina

See anginas in Morpho

angĭna (for the quantity of the pen., v. the foll. examples, and cf. Wagner ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 139 (540)), ae, f. [ἀγχόνη; v. ango].
  • I The quinsy, as suffocating: Insperato abiit quam unā angina sustulit horā, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 35, 9: Sues moriuntur angĭnā acri acerrume, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 139 (540): 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.—
  • II Trop.: angina mentis, distress of mind, produced by physical disease, Tert. Anim. 48.

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