παροξ-υσμός, ὁ,
irritation, exasperation, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.14, LXX.Jer.39(32).37, NT.Act.15.39 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; π. ἀγάπης provoking or exciting to.., [[NT.Heb.10.24. ] NT]
__2 severe fit of a disease, paroxysm, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.11, 12, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(2).387, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]