epilepsia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĕpĭlēpsia, ae, f., = ἐπιληψία,

the falling sickness , epilepsy , Lat. morbus comitialis, Lampr. Heliog. 20: boum, Veg. Vet. 5, 32; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 60 sq.