ἀποπληξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ̆ποπλήσσω (ăpoplḗssō, to cripple by a stroke, to disable in body or mind) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱ • (ăpoplēxĭ́āf (genitive ἀ̆ποπληξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Madness.
  2. (medicine, of body) Apoplexy, paralysis.

Inflection

Descendants

  • Late Latin: apoplexia
  • Old French: apoplexie
  • English: apoplexy

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