ἀποπληξία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ̆ποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke, to disable in body or mind”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.po.plɛːk.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.po.ple̝kˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.po.plikˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.po.plikˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.po.plikˈsi.a/
Noun
ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ • (apoplēxíā) f (genitive ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Madness.
- (medicine, of body) Apoplexy, paralysis.
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ hē apoplēxíā | τὼ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ apoplēxíā | αἱ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́αι hai apoplēxíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱς tês apoplēxíās | τοῖν ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́αιν toîn apoplēxíain | τῶν ἀ̆ποπληξῐῶν tôn apoplēxiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾳ têi apoplēxíāi | τοῖν ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́αιν toîn apoplēxíain | ταῖς ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́αις taîs apoplēxíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱν tḕn apoplēxíān | τὼ ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ apoplēxíā | τᾱ̀ς ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s apoplēxíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ apoplēxíā | ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ apoplēxíā | ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́αι apoplēxíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Late Latin: apoplexia
- ⇒ Old French: apoplexie
- ⇒ English: apoplexy
References
- “ἀποπληξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press