epilepticus

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.piˈlɛp.ti.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: epi‧lep‧ti‧cus

epilepticus m (plural epileptici)

1. epileptic (person with epilepsy)

• epileptisch

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛ.pɪˈɫeːp.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.piˈlɛp.t̪i.kus]

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

1. epileptic

First/second-declension adjective.

• “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.