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 • (epílēpsĭs) 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 epĭ́lēpsĭs	τὼ ἐπῐλήψει tṑ epĭlḗpsei	αἱ ἐπῐλήψεις hai epĭlḗpseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐλήψεως tês epĭlḗpseōs	τοῖν ἐπῐληψέοιν toîn epĭlēpséoin	τῶν ἐπῐλήψεων tôn epĭlḗpseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐλήψει têi epĭlḗpsei	τοῖν ἐπῐληψέοιν toîn epĭlēpséoin	ταῖς ἐπῐλήψεσῐ / ἐπῐλήψεσῐν taîs epĭlḗpsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐ́ληψῐν tḕn epĭ́lēpsĭn	τὼ ἐπῐλήψει tṑ epĭlḗpsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐλήψεις tā̀s epĭlḗpseis
Vocative	ἐπῐ́ληψῐ epĭ́lēpsĭ	ἐπῐλήψει epĭlḗpsei	ἐπῐλήψεις epĭlḗpseis
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