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
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
- 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