σπασμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπάω (spáō) +‎ -σμός (-smós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spaz.mós/ → /spazˈmos/ → /spazˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spaz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spazˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spazˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spazˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spazˈmos/

Noun

σπασμός • (spasmós) m (genitive σπασμοῦ); second declension

1. synonym of σπάσμα (spásma, “sprain, spasm”)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ σπασμός; τοῦ σπασμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σπασμός ho spasmós	τὼ σπασμώ tṑ spasmṓ	οἱ σπασμοί hoi spasmoí
Genitive	τοῦ σπασμοῦ toû spasmoû	τοῖν σπασμοῖν toîn spasmoîn	τῶν σπασμῶν tôn spasmôn
Dative	τῷ σπασμῷ tōî spasmōî	τοῖν σπασμοῖν toîn spasmoîn	τοῖς σπασμοῖς toîs spasmoîs
Accusative	τὸν σπασμόν tòn spasmón	τὼ σπασμώ tṑ spasmṓ	τοὺς σπασμούς toùs spasmoús
Vocative	σπασμέ spasmé	σπασμώ spasmṓ	σπασμοί spasmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• σπασμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “σπασμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cοnvulsion idem, page 193.
  • fit idem, page 323.
  • paroxysm idem, page 593.
  • quiver idem, page 667.
  • spasm idem, page 798.
  • struggle idem, page 828.
  • tremor idem, page 893.
  • twinge idem, page 903.
  • twitch idem, page 904.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós), related to the verb σπάω (spáō, “to draw out, pluck off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spazˈmos/

Noun

σπασμός • (spasmós) m (plural σπασμοί)

1. spasm, convulsion

Declension

Declension of σπασμός

	singular	plural
nominative	σπασμός (spasmós)	σπασμοί (spasmoí)
genitive	σπασμού (spasmoú)	σπασμών (spasmón)
accusative	σπασμό (spasmó)	σπασμούς (spasmoús)
vocative	σπασμέ (spasmé)	σπασμοί (spasmoí)

Related terms

• ηλεκτροσπασμοθεραπεία f (ilektrospasmotherapeía, “electroconvulsive therapy”)
• αντισπασμωδικός (antispasmodikós, “antispasmodic”)