epilepticus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epilēpticus, with a semantic shift shared by other terms on -icus. Equivalent to epilepsie +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.piˈlɛp.ti.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: epi‧lep‧ti‧cus

Noun

epilepticus m (plural epileptici)

1. epileptic (person with epilepsy)

Related terms

• epileptisch

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈleːp.ti.kus/, [ɛpɪˈɫ̪eːpt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈlep.ti.kus/, [epiˈlɛpt̪ikus]

Adjective

epilēpticus (feminine epilēptica, neuter epilēpticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. epileptic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	epilēpticus	epilēptica	epilēpticum		epilēpticī	epilēpticae	epilēptica
Genitive	epilēpticī	epilēpticae	epilēpticī		epilēpticōrum	epilēpticārum	epilēpticōrum
Dative	epilēpticō		epilēpticō		epilēpticīs
Accusative	epilēpticum	epilēpticam	epilēpticum		epilēpticōs	epilēpticās	epilēptica
Ablative	epilēpticō	epilēpticā	epilēpticō		epilēpticīs
Vocative	epilēptice	epilēptica	epilēpticum		epilēpticī	epilēpticae	epilēptica

References

• “epilepticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• epilepticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• epilepticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.