"spasmus" meaning in Latin

See spasmus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”), from σπάω (spáō, “to draw out, pull out”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|σπασμός|t=spasm, convulsion}} Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”) Head templates: {{la-noun|spasmus<2>}} spasmus m (genitive spasmī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|spasmus<2>}} Forms: spasmī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], spasmus [nominative, singular], spasmī [nominative, plural], spasmī [genitive, singular], spasmōrum [genitive, plural], spasmō [dative, singular], spasmīs [dative, plural], spasmum [accusative, singular], spasmōs [accusative, plural], spasmō [ablative, singular], spasmīs [ablative, plural], spasme [singular, vocative], spasmī [plural, vocative]
  1. cramp, convulsion, spasm Tags: declension-2, masculine

Inflected forms

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          "lang_code": "it",
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              "word": "pâmer"
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      "word": "*spasmare"
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      "lang_code": "ca",
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      "word": "espasme"
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      "word": "espasmo"
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      },
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    }
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      "word": "spasme"
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "spasmō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "spasmum",
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}

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