Ἐφιάλτης

See also: εφιάλτης and ἐφιάλτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφῐάλτης (ephiáltēs, “nightmare; phantom”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰi.ál.tɛːs/ → /e.ɸiˈal.tis/ → /e.fiˈal.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰi.ál.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰiˈal.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸiˈal.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.fiˈal.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.fiˈal.tis/

Proper noun

Ἐφῐάλτης • (Ephiáltēs) m (genitive Ἐφῐάλτου); first declension

1. Ephialtes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἐφῐάλτης; τοῦ Ἐφῐάλτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐφῐάλτης ho Ephiáltēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐφῐάλτου toû Ephiáltou
Dative	τῷ Ἐφῐάλτῃ tôi Ephiáltēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἐφῐάλτην tòn Ephiáltēn
Vocative	Ἐφῐάλτᾰ Ephiálta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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