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opisthotonos

opisthotonos · m

a disease in which the body is violently curved backwards

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 14 · 0.35/10k

What it meant

ŏpisthŏtŏnos — Lewis & Short

ŏpisthŏtŏnos, i, m., = o)pisqo/tonos,

I 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).—

II A disease that causes a person to fall backwards (eccl. Lat.), Hier. 3 Ep. ad Ephes. 6, 4.

In the wild

opisthotonis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.8
opisthotonis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.22.p3
opisthotonum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.10.p1
opisthotoni Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.12.p2
opisthotono Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.14.p3
opisthotonos Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.7.p2

6 of 14 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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