"ἐφιάλτης" meaning in Ancient Greek

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    }
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  "etymology_text": "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.",
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      "form": "ἐφῐάλτης",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ephĭáltēs",
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        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "ἐφῐάλτου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    },
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      "form": "First declension",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἐφῐάλτης",
      "roman": "ho ephĭáltēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive"
      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "dual"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "word": "ἐφιαλτεία"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ephialtikós",
          "word": "ἐφιαλτικός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ephiáltion",
          "word": "ἐφιάλτιον"
        }
      ],
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        "nightmare, conceived as a throttling demon"
      ],
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        [
          "nightmare",
          "nightmare"
        ],
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          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
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        {
          "roman": "epiáltēs",
          "word": "ἐπιάλτης"
        }
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.ɸiˈal.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.fiˈal.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.pʰi.ál.tɛːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.pʰiˈal.te̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.ɸiˈal.tis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.fiˈal.tis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.fiˈal.tis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐφιάλτης"
}

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      "roman": "ephialteía",
      "word": "ἐφιαλτεία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ephialtikós",
      "word": "ἐφιαλτικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ephiáltion",
      "word": "ἐφιάλτιον"
    }
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    }
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        "canonical"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
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        "class"
      ]
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "nominative"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "τοῖν ἐφῐάλταιν",
      "roman": "toîn ephĭáltain",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "τῶν ἐφῐαλτῶν",
      "roman": "tôn ephĭaltôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τῷ ἐφῐάλτῃ",
      "roman": "tôi ephĭáltēi",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "roman": "toîn ephĭáltain",
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      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "toîs ephĭáltais",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τὸν ἐφῐάλτην",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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      "form": "τοὺς ἐφῐάλτᾱς",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ἐφῐάλτᾰ",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Ancient Greek 4-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
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          "nightmare"
        ],
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          "demon",
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        ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/e.pʰi.ál.tɛːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.ɸiˈal.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.fiˈal.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.pʰi.ál.tɛːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.pʰiˈal.te̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.ɸiˈal.tis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.fiˈal.tis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.fiˈal.tis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "epiáltēs",
      "word": "ἐπιάλτης"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐφιάλτης"
}