English → Latin
“apoplectic” in Latin
morbusa disease, illness, malady, sickness, disorder, distemper, ailment; a fault, vice, failing; sorrow, grief, distresscorripiōto seize or snatch up, catch, lay violent hands on, take hold of, grasp quickly; to hurry up, hasten, set up quickly; toapoplēcticusapoplecticparalyticusparalyzed, paralytic; palsied
The English word apoplectic itself goes back to Latin apoplēcticus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
apoplectic
morbo, quem apoplexin vocant, correptus: apoplexi arreptus: apoplecticus; apoplectus (ἀπόπληκτικός, or ἀπόπληκτος: Firmicus Maternus: Caelius Aurelianus Acutae Passiones); paralyticus (παραλυτικός).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for apoplectic?
- The usual Latin words for “apoplectic” are morbus, corripiō, apoplēcticus; also paralyticus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.