σφακελίζω

A. suffer from σφάκελος, to be gangrened, mortify, ἐσφακέλισέ τε τὸ ὀστέον καὶ ὁ μηρὸς ἐσάπη Hdt. 3.66; σφακελίσαντος τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ σαπέντος Id. 6.136, cf. Pl. Ti. 74b,84b, Arist. HA 519b6; of the eyes, LXX Le. 26.16, De. 28.32: also in Pass., ὁκόσοισιν ἂν σφακελισθῇ ὁ ἐγκέφαλος Hp. Aph. 7.50, cf. Morb. 2.5 (v.l.).

2. of the effect of severe cold on single limbs, to be frost-bitten, D.H. 12.8.

3. of plants and trees, to be blighted, Arist. Juv. 470a31, Thphr. HP 4.14.4, etc.

II. to have spasms or convulsions, ἀπορεῖν καὶ ς. τῷ δεινῷ Cratin. 342, cf. Pherecr. 80.