paroxysmus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek παροξυσμός (paroxusmós, “irritation, the severe fit of a disease”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pa.rɔkˈsys.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.rokˈsiz.mus] === Noun === paroxysmus m (genitive paroxysmī); second declension (New Latin) paroxysm ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ====