ephialtes

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See also: Ephialtes and Éphialtès

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Ἐφιάλτης (Ephiáltēs).

Noun[edit]

ephialtes (plural ephialtes)

  1. (obsolete) an incubus; a nightmare
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 112:
      "Those that were asleep it [a spirit] terrified with horrible visions; those that were waking it would strike, pull, or press, lying heavy upon them like an Ephialtes: so that there were perpetuall complaints every morning of their last nights rest through the whole Town."
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