pant (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig. • pant (v.): I. Lit.: ănhēlo, 1: to sweat and p., sudare atque a., Col. 3, 2: to p. under the (weight of the) share, sub vomere a., Ov. F. 2, 295: Cic. See also to palpitate. II. Fig.: perh. gestio, 4 (to desire eagerly, so as not to be able to control oneself): I p. to leave the side of the rich, divitum partes linquere gestio, Hor. Od. 3, 16, 24: Cic. To p. after, perh. sitire, concupiscere: v. TO LONG AFTER, thirst for. (Anhelo is not used fig.) v. panting.
PANT Copy link • PANTpalpitare (Cic.); salire (Persius); trepidare (Ov.). Figuratively, to pant after, sitire; gravius, ardentius sitire, or concupiscere aliquid (Cic.); inhiare aliquid (Plaut.), alicui rei (e.g., gazis, Sen.; praedae, Vall., Flacc.).