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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 σεβομένῳ γάρ σοι τὰ τόθ’ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν λεγόμενα προσέπεσεν ἐπιθύμημα ἀφυσιολόγητον τοῦ περιπλακῆναι ἡμῖν γονάτων ἐφαπτόμενον καὶ πάσησ τῆσ εἰθισμένησ ἐπιλήψεωσ γίγνεσθαι, κατὰ τὰσ σεβάσεισ τιμῶν καὶ λιτάσ· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 17 9:1)
  • εἶναι, ἐὰν δὲ κατ’ ἀγροὺσ ἐν ἀφανεῖ κεκτῆται, δέκα ἐτῶν, ἐὰν δ’ ἐν ἀλλοδημίᾳ, τοῦ παντὸσ χρόνου, ὅταν ἀνεύρῃ που, μηδεμίαν εἶναι προθεσμίαν τῆσ ἐπιλήψεωσ. (Plato, Laws, book 12 93:1)
  • Περὶ ἐπιλήψεωσ α’. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. b'. QEOFRASTOS 8:14)

Synonyms

  1. taking hold of

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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