twitch
From LSJ
Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. → Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
Pull hold of: P. and V. λαμβάνεσθαι (gen.).
V. intrans. Be convulsed: P. and V. σφαδάζειν (Xen.), V. σπᾶσθαι.
subs.
Twitching: P. and V. σπασμός, ὁ, P. σφαδασμός, ὁ (Plat.); see convulsion.
A convulsive twitching: V. ἀδαγμὸς ἀμφίσπαστος (Soph., Trach. 770).
