ἀποπληξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ̆ποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke, to disable in body or mind”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.po.plɛːk.sí.aː/ → /a.po.plikˈsi.a/ → /a.po.plikˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.po.plɛːk.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.po.ple̝kˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.po.plikˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.po.plikˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.po.plikˈsi.a/

Noun

ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ • (apoplēxíā) f (genitive ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Madness.
2. (medicine, of body) Apoplexy, paralysis.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ hē apoplēxíā	τὼ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ apoplēxíā	αἱ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́αι hai apoplēxíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱς tês apoplēxíās	τοῖν ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́αιν toîn apoplēxíain	τῶν ἀ̆ποπληξῐῶν tôn apoplēxiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾳ têi apoplēxíāi	τοῖν ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́αιν toîn apoplēxíain	ταῖς ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́αις taîs apoplēxíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱν tḕn apoplēxíān	τὼ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ apoplēxíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s apoplēxíās
Vocative	ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ apoplēxíā	ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ apoplēxíā	ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́αι apoplēxíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Late Latin: apoplexia
• ⇒ Old French: apoplexie
• ⇒ English: apoplexy

References

• “ἀποπληξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press