-lepsy
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Fit; seizure:
发作；侵袭：
narcolepsy.
嗜睡症
语源
- New Latin -lēpsia
现代拉丁语 -lēpsia - from Greek
源自 希腊语 - from lēpsis [seizure]
源自 lēpsis [侵袭] - from lambanein lēp- [to take, seize]
源自 lambanein lēp- [拿，占据，抓住]
-lepsy or (sometimes) -lepsia
combining form in countable noun
indicating a seizure or attack
⇒
catalepsy
Derived Forms
-leptic combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from New Latin -lepsia, from Greek, from lēpsis a seizure, from lambanein to seize-lepsy
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “seizure,” used in the formation of compound words:
epilepsy.
Origin
combining form representing New Latin -lēpsia < Greek -lēpsia, equivalent to lêps(is) a seizure (lēp- variant stem of lambánein to seize + -sis -sis) + -ia -y3
Related Words
- neuroleptic
- organoleptic
-lepsy
noun combining form
narcolepsy
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY French -lepsie, from Late Latin -lepsia, from Greek -lēpsia, from lēpsis, from lambanein to take, seize — more at latch
: taking : seizurenarcolepsy
-lep·sy
\ˌlepsē, -si\ noun combining form
also -lep·sia\ˈlepsēə\ ; or -lep·sis \-lepsə̇s\
(plural -lepsies \-sēz, -siz\ ; also -lepsias \-sēəz\ ; or -lep·ses \-(ˌ)sēz\)
Etymology: -lepsy from Middle French -lepsie, from Late Latin -lepsia, from Greek -lēpsia, from lēpsis act of taking hold or receiving, seizure (from lēptos, verbal of lambanein to take, seize) + -ia -y; -lepsia, New Latin, from Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin, from Greek -lēpsia; -lepsis, Latin, from Greek -lēpsis, from lēpsis — more at latch
: taking : seizure
< epilepsy >
< androlepsia >
also -lep·sia
< epilepsy >
< androlepsia >
-lepsy
Suffix
- a specified form of fit or seizure
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λῆψις (lêpsis, “seizure”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -lepsy