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ἐπίληψις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίληψις ἐπιλήψεως

Structure: ἐπιληψι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

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

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὡσ δὲ περί ταῦτα βίαιοσ ὁ Κράσσοσ καὶ τυραννικόσ, οὕτωσ αὖ πάλιν ἐκείνου τὸ ψοφοδεὲσ ἐν τῇ πολιτείᾳ καὶ ἄτολμον καὶ τοῖσ κακίστοισ ὑφειμένον τῶν μεγίστων ἐπιλήψεων ἄξιον ὁ δὲ Κράσσοσ ὑψηλὸσ περί γε ταῦτα καὶ μεγαλόφρων, οὐ πρὸσ Κλέωνασ οὐδ’ Ὑπερβόλουσ, μὰ Δία, τοῦ ἀγῶνοσ ὄντοσ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ τὴν Καίσαροσ λαμπρότητα καὶ τρεῖσ τοῦ Πομπηϊού θριάμβουσ, οὐχ ὑπείξασ, ἀλλ’ ἀντάρασ ἑκατέρῳ τὴν δύναμιν, ἀξιώματι δὲ τῆσ τιμητικῆσ ἀρχῆσ καὶ Πομπήιον ὑπερβαλόμενοσ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Nicias and Crassus, chapter 2 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. taking hold of

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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