STRONGS G2897:
κραιπάλῃ (
WH κρεπάλη, see their Appendix, p. 151),
κραιπαλης,
ἡ (from
ΚΡΑΣ the head, and
πάλλω to toss about; so explained by
Galen and
Clement of Alexandria, Paedag. 2, 2, 26 and Phryn. in Bekker, Anecd., p. 45, 13 (cf.
Vanicek, p. 148)), Latin
crapula (i. e. the giddiness and headache caused by drinking wine to excess):
Luke 21:34 (
A. V. surfeiting; cf.
Trench, § lxi.). (
Aristophanes Acharn. 277;
Alciphron 3, 24;
Plutarch, mor., p. 127 f. (de sanitate 11);
Lucian,
Herodian, 2, 5, 1.)
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