English → Latin
“apoplexy” in Latin
apoplēxiaapoplexyparalysisparalysis, palsymorbusa 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; to
The English word apoplexy itself goes back to Latin apoplēxia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
apoplexy
apoplexis: apoplexia (loss of all one’s limbs, accompanied with loss of consciousness: ἀπόπληξις, - ία, in Cels.): paralysis (παράλυσις) or nervorum remissio (PROP. the loss of one side orlimb; but in Cels.’s time= every kind of apoplexy). To suffer, etc., a stroke of apoplexy, morbo, quem apoplexin vocant, corripi; apoplexi arripi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for apoplexy?
- The usual Latin words for “apoplexy” are apoplēxia, paralysis, morbus; also corripiō. 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.