Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπίληπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίληπτος ἐπίληπτη ἐπίληπτον

Structure: ἐπιληπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pilamba/nw

Sense

  1. caught or detected in, caught
  2. suffering

Examples

  • μὴ ἐλαττοῦμαι ἐπιλήπτων ἐγώ, ὅτι εἰσαγηόχατε αὐτὸν ἐπιληπτεύεσθαι πρόσ με̣ οὗτοσ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰσ οἰκίαν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 21:15)

Synonyms

  1. suffering

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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