ŏpisthŏtŏnos
ŏpisthŏtŏnos, i, m., = ὀπισθότονος, a disease in which the body is violently curved backwards, a form of lock-jaw (post-Aug.), Plin. 28, 12, 52, § 192; 23, 1, 24, § 48 (written as Greek, Cels. 4, 3, § 3).— A disease that causes a person to fall backwards (eccl. Lat.), Hier. 3 Ep. ad Ephes. 6, 4.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
ŏpisthŏtŏnos
Headword (normalized/stripped):
opisthotonos
Intro Text:
ŏpisthŏtŏnos, i, m., = ὀπισθότονος, a disease in which the body is violently curved backwards, a form of lock-jaw (post-Aug.), Plin. 28, 12, 52, § 192; 23, 1, 24, § 48 (written as Greek, Cels. 4, 3, § 3).— A disease that causes a person to fall backwards (eccl. Lat.), Hier. 3 Ep. ad Ephes. 6, 4.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n32758
No citations.
{
"content": "ŏpisthŏtŏnos, i, m., = ὀπισθότονος, a disease in which the body is violently curved backwards, a form of lock-jaw (post-Aug.), Plin. 28, 12, 52, § 192; 23, 1, 24, § 48 (written as Greek, Cels. 4, 3, § 3).— A disease that causes a person to fall backwards (eccl. Lat.), Hier. 3 Ep. ad Ephes. 6, 4.\n",
"key": "opisthotonos",
"type": "greek"
}