ἐπιληπτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιλαμβάνω (epilambánō, “to lay hold of, seize, attack”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.lɛːp.ti.kós/ → /e.pi.lip.tiˈkos/ → /e.pi.lip.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lɛːp.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.le̝p.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lip.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lip.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lip.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἐπῐληπτῐκός • (epilēptikós) m (feminine ἐπῐληπτῐκή, neuter ἐπῐληπτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. subject to epilepsy, epileptic

Declension

First and second declension of ἐπῐληπτῐκός; ἐπῐληπτῐκή; ἐπῐληπτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐληπτῐκός epilēptikós	ἐπῐληπτῐκή epilēptikḗ	ἐπῐληπτῐκόν epilēptikón		ἐπῐληπτῐκώ epilēptikṓ	ἐπῐληπτῐκᾱ́ epilēptikā́	ἐπῐληπτῐκώ epilēptikṓ		ἐπῐληπτῐκοί epilēptikoí	ἐπῐληπτῐκαί epilēptikaí	ἐπῐληπτῐκᾰ́ epilēptiká
Genitive		ἐπῐληπτῐκοῦ epilēptikoû	ἐπῐληπτῐκῆς epilēptikês	ἐπῐληπτῐκοῦ epilēptikoû		ἐπῐληπτῐκοῖν epilēptikoîn	ἐπῐληπτῐκαῖν epilēptikaîn	ἐπῐληπτῐκοῖν epilēptikoîn		ἐπῐληπτῐκῶν epilēptikôn	ἐπῐληπτῐκῶν epilēptikôn	ἐπῐληπτῐκῶν epilēptikôn
Dative		ἐπῐληπτῐκῷ epilēptikôi	ἐπῐληπτῐκῇ epilēptikêi	ἐπῐληπτῐκῷ epilēptikôi		ἐπῐληπτῐκοῖν epilēptikoîn	ἐπῐληπτῐκαῖν epilēptikaîn	ἐπῐληπτῐκοῖν epilēptikoîn		ἐπῐληπτῐκοῖς epilēptikoîs	ἐπῐληπτῐκαῖς epilēptikaîs	ἐπῐληπτῐκοῖς epilēptikoîs
Accusative		ἐπῐληπτῐκόν epilēptikón	ἐπῐληπτῐκήν epilēptikḗn	ἐπῐληπτῐκόν epilēptikón		ἐπῐληπτῐκώ epilēptikṓ	ἐπῐληπτῐκᾱ́ epilēptikā́	ἐπῐληπτῐκώ epilēptikṓ		ἐπῐληπτῐκούς epilēptikoús	ἐπῐληπτῐκᾱ́ς epilēptikā́s	ἐπῐληπτῐκᾰ́ epilēptiká
Vocative		ἐπῐληπτῐκέ epilēptiké	ἐπῐληπτῐκή epilēptikḗ	ἐπῐληπτῐκόν epilēptikón		ἐπῐληπτῐκώ epilēptikṓ	ἐπῐληπτῐκᾱ́ epilēptikā́	ἐπῐληπτῐκώ epilēptikṓ		ἐπῐληπτῐκοί epilēptikoí	ἐπῐληπτῐκαί epilēptikaí	ἐπῐληπτῐκᾰ́ epilēptiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπῐληπτῐκῶς epilēptikôs				ἐπῐληπτῐκώτερος epilēptikṓteros				ἐπῐληπτῐκώτᾰτος epilēptikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐπιληπτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπιληπτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette