spasmus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”), from σπάω (spáō, “to draw out, pull out”).

Noun

spasmus m (genitive spasmī); second declension

1. cramp, convulsion, spasm

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	spasmus	spasmī
genitive	spasmī	spasmōrum
dative	spasmō	spasmīs
accusative	spasmum	spasmōs
ablative	spasmō	spasmīs
vocative	spasme	spasmī

Descendants

• Catalan: espasme
• Galician: espasmo
• Old French: espasme, spasme, epasme
  • Middle French: spasme
    • French: spasme
      • Romanian: spasm
      • Swedish: spasm
  • → Middle Dutch: spasme
    • Dutch: spasme
  • Middle English: spasme
    • English: spasm
• Italian: spasmo
• Polish: spazm
• Portuguese: espasmo
• Spanish: espasmo, pasmar
  • Tagalog: pasmá

References

• “spasmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press