Ἐφιάλτης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐφῐάλτης (ephiáltēs, “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 • (Ephiáltēs) m (genitive Ἐφῐάλτου); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἐφῐάλτης ho Ephiáltēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἐφῐάλτου toû Ephiáltou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἐφῐάλτῃ tôi Ephiáltēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἐφῐάλτην tòn Ephiáltēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐφῐάλτᾰ Ephiálta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009