convulse Copy link Outline I. To shake violently1. concŭtio, cussi, cussum, 32. convello, velli, vulsum, 33. lăbĕfacto, collăbĕfacto, 1 (i. e. to shake so as to endanger)4. ăgĭto, vexo, 1II. In medicine • convulse: I. To shake violently: 1. concŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3: to c. or disturb the commonwealth, rempublicam c., Cic.: Vell.: v. to shake. 2. convello, velli, vulsum, 3: to c. the state, c. statum civitatis, Cic.: v. to overthrow. 3. lăbĕfacto, collăbĕfacto, 1 (i. e. to shake so as to endanger): Join: labefactare atque convellere, Cic. 4. ăgĭto, vexo, 1: v. to agitate, harass. But none of the above is quite so strong as the Eng.: perh. to c. the state, may be expr. by rempublicam atrociter vexare, seditionibus agitare, etc. Phr.: to be c.d with laughter, risu corruere, Cic.; risu emori, Ter.: v. laughter. II. In medicine: to cause convulsions, convulsiones, spasmos facere, spasmo vexare: v. convulsion, spasm.