ἠπίαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐπίαλος (epíalos)

Etymology

According to Strömberg, it is from ἤπιος (ḗpios, “mild, soothing”), so properly "mild fever", which would be a taboo paraphrase; this seems an improbable hypothesis. The word ἠπίολος (ēpíolos, “moth”) should not be separated from this one, as is shown by Lithuanian drugys (“fever; moth”), Albanian ethe (“fever”) with ethëzë (“moth”). Given the variation α/ο, it is probably a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.pí.a.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈpi.a.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈpi.a.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈpi.a.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpi.a.los/

Noun

ἠπῐ́ᾰλος • (ēpĭ́ălos) m (genitive ἠπῐᾰ́λου); second declension

ague, fever
Synonym: πυρετός (puretós)
nightmare
Synonym: ἐφιάλτης (ephiáltēs)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἠπῐ́ᾰλος; τοῦ ἠπῐᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἠπῐ́ᾰλος ho ēpĭ́ălos	τὼ ἠπῐᾰ́λω tṑ ēpĭắlō	οἱ ἠπῐ́ᾰλοι hoi ēpĭ́ăloi
Genitive	τοῦ ἠπῐᾰ́λου toû ēpĭắlou	τοῖν ἠπῐᾰ́λοιν toîn ēpĭắloin	τῶν ἠπῐᾰ́λων tôn ēpĭắlōn
Dative	τῷ ἠπῐᾰ́λῳ tôi ēpĭắlōi	τοῖν ἠπῐᾰ́λοιν toîn ēpĭắloin	τοῖς ἠπῐᾰ́λοις toîs ēpĭắlois
Accusative	τὸν ἠπῐ́ᾰλον tòn ēpĭ́ălon	τὼ ἠπῐᾰ́λω tṑ ēpĭắlō	τοὺς ἠπῐᾰ́λους toùs ēpĭắlous
Vocative	ἠπῐ́ᾰλε ēpĭ́ăle	ἠπῐᾰ́λω ēpĭắlō	ἠπῐ́ᾰλοι ēpĭ́ăloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἠπιαλέω (ēpialéō)
ἠπιαλώδης (ēpialṓdēs)

ἠπίαλος

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