twitch

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

pull hold of: P. and V. λαμβάνεσθαι (gen.).

verb intransitive

be convulsed: P. and V. σφαδάζειν (Xen.), V. σπᾶσθαι.

substantive

twitching: P. and V. σπασμός, ὁ, P. σφαδασμός, ὁ (Plato); see convulsion.

a convulsive twitching: V. ἀδαγμὸς ἀμφίσπαστος (Sophocles, Trachiniae 770).