ἐπίληπτος

epileptos

caught

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 19 831b25–31

831b25
Chapter 77 835b30–32

835b32
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 8 613b6–614a33

613b18

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίληπτος, Ion. ἐπίλαμπτος, ον, A. caught or detected in anything, ἐ. ᾑρέθη S. Ant. 406: c.part., ἐπίλαμπτος ἀφάσσουσα caught in the act of feeling, Hdt. 3.69. 2. culpable, censurable, πάθος Ph. 2.348; βίος Id. 2.4, al., cf. Porph. Chr. 23; of errors in metre, Heph. 4.6. 3. disabled, ἀνδράποδον Hyp. Ath. 15 (unless in signf. II); of a hen-partridge, Arist. HA 613b18. II. suffering from epilepsy, Hp. Aph. 3.16:—D. 25.80 puns on the two senses, τοὺς ἐπιλήπτους φησὶν ἰᾶσθαι, αὐτὸς ὢν ἐ. πάσῃ πονηρίᾳ; so ἐ. ὑπὸ πάθους Plu. 2.798f.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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