ἐπίληψις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπιληψίᾱ (epilēpsíā)

Etymology

From ἐπιλαμβάνω (epilambánō, “I seize”) +‎ -σις (-sis), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.lɛːp.sis/ → /eˈpi.lip.sis/ → /eˈpi.lip.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.lɛːp.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.le̝p.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.lip.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.lip.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.lip.sis/

Noun

ἐπίληψῐς • (epílēpsis) f (genitive ἐπῐλήψεως); third declension

1. taking hold of, clasping, claiming, seizure
2. epileptic fit, epilepsy, seizure

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐ́ληψῐς; τῆς ἐπῐλήψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐ́ληψῐς hē epílēpsis	τὼ ἐπῐλήψει tṑ epilḗpsei	αἱ ἐπῐλήψεις hai epilḗpseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐλήψεως tês epilḗpseōs	τοῖν ἐπῐληψέοιν toîn epilēpséoin	τῶν ἐπῐλήψεων tôn epilḗpseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐλήψει têi epilḗpsei	τοῖν ἐπῐληψέοιν toîn epilēpséoin	ταῖς ἐπῐλήψεσῐ / ἐπῐλήψεσῐν taîs epilḗpsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐ́ληψῐν tḕn epílēpsin	τὼ ἐπῐλήψει tṑ epilḗpsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐλήψεις tā̀s epilḗpseis
Vocative	ἐπῐ́ληψῐ epílēpsi	ἐπῐλήψει epilḗpsei	ἐπῐλήψεις epilḗpseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐπίληψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίληψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπίληψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette