Ἐφιάλτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐφῐάλτης (ephĭáltēs, “nightmare; phantom”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pʰi.ál.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pʰiˈal.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.ɸiˈal.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.fiˈal.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.fiˈal.tis/
Proper noun
Ἐφῐάλτης • (Ephĭáltēs) m (genitive Ἐφῐάλτου); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἐφῐάλτης ho Ephĭáltēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἐφῐάλτου toû Ephĭáltou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἐφῐάλτῃ tōî Ephĭáltēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἐφῐάλτην tòn Ephĭáltēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐφῐάλτᾰ Ephĭáltă | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Εφιάλτης (Efiáltis)
- Latin: Ephialtēs
References
- “ἐφιάλτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἐφιάλτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009