SWOON Copy link • SWOON 1. s. subita defectio (Suet., Calig., 50); in more modern Latin, deliquium, syncope (medical technical term). 2. v. animus aliquem linquit, deficit (Curt.): anima deficit (Cels., 1, 17): animo linqui aliquis coepit (Curt.): animo linqui (Sen., De Ir., 1, 12, 2): animus aliquem relinquit (Caes., B.G., 6, 38): intermori (Liv.): collabi (Suet.).