σπασ-μός, ὁ,
= σπάσμα [[ 1.2 ] Refs], convulsion, spasm, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.187, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.26, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.46, +others; βρυχώμενον σπασμοῖσι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 805 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; fit of epilepsy, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 350 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιληπτικοὶ σ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.96: _metaphorically_, ἔθαλψεν ἄτης σ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1082. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II priapism, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 845. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III violent agitation, as of the sea, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.44, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 32, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.90. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__IV drawing, μαχαιρῶν [[ LXX.2Mac.5.3. ] LXX]