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ἐπίληπτος

ἐπίληπτος, caught

ἐπίληπτ-ος, Ion. ἐπίλαμπτος, ον,
  • 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. Praec. 2.798f.

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