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.
ἐφῐάλτης • (ephiáltēs) m (genitive ἐφῐάλτου); first declension
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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