"ἐφιάλτης" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐφιάλτης in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.pʰi.ál.tɛːs/, /e.ɸiˈal.tis/, /e.fiˈal.tis/, /e.pʰi.ál.tɛːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /e.pʰiˈal.te̝s/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /e.ɸiˈal.tis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /e.fiˈal.tis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /e.fiˈal.tis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: No certain etymology. Historically connected with ἐφάλλομαι (ephállomai, “to throw oneself onto somebody”), but this explanation is considered folk etymological by Beekes. Leumann sustained that this word is related to ἠπίαλος (ēpíalos, “ague, fever”); if that's the case, then the word could be of Pre-Greek origin. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=No certain etymology}} No certain etymology, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐφῐάλτης|ἐφῐάλτου|m|first}} ἐφῐάλτης • (ephiáltēs) m (genitive ἐφῐάλτου); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐφῐάλτης|ου}} Forms: ἐφῐάλτης [canonical], ephiáltēs [romanization], ἐφῐάλτου [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ὁ ἐφῐάλτης [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐφῐάλτᾱ [dual, nominative], οἱ ἐφῐάλται [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἐφῐάλτου [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐφῐάλταιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐφῐαλτῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ ἐφῐάλτῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐφῐάλταιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἐφῐάλταις [dative, plural], τὸν ἐφῐάλτην [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐφῐάλτᾱ [accusative, dual], τοὺς ἐφῐάλτᾱς [accusative, plural], ἐφῐάλτᾰ [singular, vocative], ἐφῐάλτᾱ [dual, vocative], ἐφῐάλται [plural, vocative]
  1. nightmare, conceived as a throttling demon Categories (topical): Fear, Sleep Synonyms: ἐπιάλτης (epiáltēs) Derived forms: ἐφιαλτεία (ephialteía), ἐφιαλτικός (ephialtikós), ἐφιάλτιον (ephiáltion)
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}

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