Ἀποπληξία
apoplexy
Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Jun 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] an affliction.
A madness, an insanity.
"Marcus Verus, brother of Antoninus [and] emperor of the Romans, passed away unexpectedly, when a mass of serous discharge and air1 held back his respiration - the condition, of course, that slaves of doctors call apoplexy."2
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]a)po/plhktos ["apoplectic"], he who has suffered [sc. from apoplexy].3
A madness, an insanity.
"Marcus Verus, brother of Antoninus [and] emperor of the Romans, passed away unexpectedly, when a mass of serous discharge and air1 held back his respiration - the condition, of course, that slaves of doctors call apoplexy."2
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]