O / ŏpisthŏtŏnos
noun greek

ŏpisthŏtŏnos

gen. i · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
= ὀπισθότονος
a disease in which the body is violently curved backwards; a form of lock-jaw
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
A disease that causes a person to fall backwards (eccl. Lat.), Hier. 3 Ep. ad Ephes. 6, 4.