"ἐπίληψις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐπίληψις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.pí.lɛːp.sis/, /eˈpi.lip.sis/, /eˈpi.lip.sis/, /e.pí.lɛːp.sis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /eˈpi.le̝p.sis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /eˈpi.lip.sis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /eˈpi.lip.sis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /eˈpi.lip.sis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἐπιλαμβάνω (epilambánō, “I seize”) + -σις (-sis), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|grc|ἐπιλαμβάνω|σις|t1=I seize}} ἐπιλαμβάνω (epilambánō, “I seize”) + -σις (-sis) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐπίληψῐς|ἐπῐλήψεως|f|third}} ἐπίληψῐς • (epílēpsĭs) f (genitive ἐπῐλήψεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐπῐ́ληψῐς|εως|form=F}} Forms: ἐπίληψῐς [canonical], epílēpsĭs [romanization], ἐπῐλήψεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ ἐπῐ́ληψῐς [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐπῐλήψει [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐπῐλήψεις [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐπῐλήψεως [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐπῐληψέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐπῐλήψεων [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐπῐλήψει [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐπῐληψέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐπῐλήψεσῐ [dative, plural], ἐπῐλήψεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs epĭlḗpsesĭ [dative, plural], taîs epĭlḗpsesĭn [dative, plural], τὴν ἐπῐ́ληψῐν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐπῐλήψει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐλήψεις [accusative, plural], ἐπῐ́ληψῐ [singular, vocative], ἐπῐλήψει [dual, vocative], ἐπῐλήψεις [plural, vocative]
  1. taking hold of, clasping, claiming, seizure
    Sense id: en-ἐπίληψις-grc-noun-OKD2-wex Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 65 35 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. epileptic fit, epilepsy, seizure
    Sense id: en-ἐπίληψις-grc-noun-wI-SyFi0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ἐπιληψίᾱ (epilēpsíā)

Alternative forms

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