spasmare

spasmare [LL], ~ari, to suffer spasm, cramp, convulsion, or other form of seizure. contigit unum ex nobis aevo et animo promotiorem quasi ~antem subito concidere Gosc. Transl. Aug. 39C; jam homo ~at: jubete istos recedere W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 166; cum ‥ moritur nervi ~antur et contrahuntur Quaest. Salern. B 260; si unus musculorum ~aretur, tunc declinat [virga] versus unum latus Ps.-Ric. Anat. 40; pars que vadit ad pulmonem ‥ et lacertos eorum et ad oculos ~at et contrahit et immutat, raucedinem inducendo Gad. 46. 1; corde noviter spasmatus ab infra / in terram cecidi mortis ad instar ego Gower VC I 2011.