epileptic

English

Alternative forms

• epileptick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιληπτικός (epilēptikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: epi‧lep‧tic

Adjective

epileptic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to epilepsy.
   • 1862, Jules Michelet, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages‎^[1]:

     The children die off in vast numbers: those pale roses are all nerves. Hence, will presently burst forth the epileptic dances of the fourteenth century.

2. Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).

Derived terms

• epileptically
• epileptoid
• epileptor
• eppy
• nonepileptic
• postepileptic
• proepileptic
• pseudoepileptic
• subepileptic

Translations

of or relating to epilepsy

• Catalan: epilèptic
• Czech: epileptický (cs) m
• Danish: epileptisk
• Esperanto: epilepsia (eo)
• French: épileptique (fr)
• German: epileptisch (de), fallsüchtig (de) (archaic)
• Greek: επιληπτικός (el) (epiliptikós)

  Ancient: ἐπιληπτικός (epilēptikós)

• Hindi: मिरगिया (hi) (mirgiyā), अपस्मारी (hi) (apasmārī), अपस्मारिक (apasmārik)
• Hungarian: epilepsziás (hu), epileptikus (hu)
• Irish: titimeach, titimis
• Italian: epilettico (it)
• Malay: epileptik
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: epileptisk

  Nynorsk: epileptisk

• Old English: fiellesēoc
• Portuguese: epiléptico (Portugal), epilético (Brazil)
• Russian: эпилепти́ческий (ru) (epileptíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: епилѐптичкӣ

  Roman: epilèptičkī (sh)

• Spanish: epiléptico (es)
• Volapük: peiläpik (vo)

of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics

• Esperanto: (♂♀) epilepsiula, (explicitly ♂) virepilepsiula, (explicitly ♀) epilepsiulina
• Greek: επιληπτικός (el) (epiliptikós)
• Hindi: मिरगिया (hi) (mirgiyā), अपस्मारी (hi) (apasmārī), अपस्मारिक (apasmārik)
• Irish: titimeach
• Italian: epilettico (it)
• Portuguese: epiléptico (Portugal), epilético (Brazil)
• Volapük: (♂♀) peiläpanik, (♂) hipeiläpanik, (♀) jipeiläpanik

Noun

epileptic (plural epileptics)

1. A person who has epilepsy.
   • 1976 December 25, “Canada's Gay Ban”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 2:

     The present Immigration Act on the books bars entry to Canada to homosexuals, prostitutes, epileptics, and those said to be "living off the avails of homosexualism or prostitution."

2. (archaic) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

   Synonym: antiepileptic

Translations

person who has epilepsy

• Assamese: আঁৱৰীয়া (ãoria)
• Bengali: মৃগীরোগী (mrigirōgi)
• Catalan: epilèptic m
• Czech: epileptik (cs) m, epileptička (cs) f
• Danish: epileptiker
• Esperanto: (♂♀) epilepsiulo, (explicitly ♂) virepilepsiulo, (explicitly ♀) epilepsiulino
• German: Epileptiker (de) m, Epileptikerin (de) f
• Greek: επιληπτικός (el) (epiliptikós)
• Hindi: मिरगिया (hi) (mirgiyā)
• Hungarian: epilepsziás (hu)
• Irish: titimeach m
• Italian: epilettico (it) m, epilettica (it) f
• Russian: эпиле́птик (ru) m (epiléptik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏давича̄р m, па̏давича̄рка f, епилѐптича̄р m, епилѐптича̄рка f

  Roman: pȁdavičār (sh) m, pȁdavičārka (sh) f, epilèptičār (sh) m, epilèptičārka (sh) f

• Volapük: (♂♀) peiläpan (vo), (♂) hipeiläpan, (♀) jipeiläpan

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French épileptique, from Latin epilepticus.

Adjective

epileptic m or n (feminine singular epileptică, masculine plural epileptici, feminine/neuter plural epileptice)

1. epileptic

Declension

Declension of epileptic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	epileptic		epileptică		epileptici	epileptice
	definite	epilepticul		epileptica		epilepticii	epilepticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	epileptic		epileptice		epileptici	epileptice
	definite	epilepticului		epilepticei		epilepticilor	epilepticelor