ἐφιάλτης
See also: Ἐφιάλτης
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- ἐπιάλτης (epiáltēs)
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (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/
Noun edit
ἐφῐάλτης • (ephiáltēs) m (genitive ἐφῐάλτου); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἐφῐάλτης ho ephiáltēs |
τὼ ἐφῐάλτᾱ tṑ ephiáltā |
οἱ ἐφῐάλται hoi ephiáltai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐφῐάλτου toû ephiáltou |
τοῖν ἐφῐάλταιν toîn ephiáltain |
τῶν ἐφῐαλτῶν tôn ephialtôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐφῐάλτῃ tôi ephiáltēi |
τοῖν ἐφῐάλταιν toîn ephiáltain |
τοῖς ἐφῐάλταις toîs ephiáltais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἐφῐάλτην tòn ephiáltēn |
τὼ ἐφῐάλτᾱ tṑ ephiáltā |
τοὺς ἐφῐάλτᾱς toùs ephiáltās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐφῐάλτᾰ ephiálta |
ἐφῐάλτᾱ ephiáltā |
ἐφῐάλται ephiáltai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ἐφιαλτεία (ephialteía)
- ἐφιαλτικός (ephialtikós)
- ἐφιάλτιον (ephiáltion)
Descendants edit
- Greek: εφιάλτης (efiáltis)
Further reading edit
- “ἐφιάλτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐφιάλτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐφιάλτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐφιάλτης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 487-488