anhēlātio, ōnis, f. anhelo (post-Aug. for the earlier anhelitus), a difficulty of breathing, panting, puffing. Lit.: piscium aestivo calore, the panting of fish, Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.

—As a disease = ἆσθμα, asthma, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47.

— Trop.: in iis (gemmis) caelestis arcūs anhelatio, breathing, play of, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89.