ἀποπληξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ̆ποπλήσσω (ăpoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke, to disable in body or mind”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, 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 • (ăpoplēxĭ́ā) f (genitive ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾱ hē ăpoplēxĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăpoplēxĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́αι hai ăpoplēxĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾱς tês ăpoplēxĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́αιν toîn ăpoplēxĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓ποπληξῐῶν tôn ăpoplēxĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾳ têi ăpoplēxĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́αιν toîn ăpoplēxĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́αις taîs ăpoplēxĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăpoplēxĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăpoplēxĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăpoplēxĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾱ ăpoplēxĭ́ā	ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́ᾱ ăpoplēxĭ́ā	ᾰ̓ποπληξῐ́αι ăpoplēxĭ́ai
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