convulsio

Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

con-vulsĭo: (-vols-), ōnis, f. convello, in medic. lang.,
I cramp, convulsion, Scrib. Comp. 165; Plin. 20, 15, 60, § 168; 29, 3, 13, § 55.