ἐφιαλτικός

ἐφιαλτικός

See also: εφιαλτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφῐᾰ́λτης (ephiáltēs, “nightmare”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰi.al.ti.kós/ → /e.ɸi.al.tiˈkos/ → /e.fi.al.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰi.al.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰi.al.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸi.al.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.fi.al.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.fi.al.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἐφῐᾰλτῐκός • (ephialtikós) m (feminine ἐφῐᾰλτῐκή, neuter ἐφῐᾰλτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. suffering from nightmare

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐφῐᾰλτῐκός; ἐφῐᾰλτῐκή; ἐφῐᾰλτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκός ephialtikós	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκή ephialtikḗ	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκόν ephialtikón		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephialtikṓ	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾱ́ ephialtikā́	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephialtikṓ		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοί ephialtikoí	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκαί ephialtikaí	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾰ́ ephialtiká
Genitive		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῦ ephialtikoû	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῆς ephialtikês	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῦ ephialtikoû		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖν ephialtikoîn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκαῖν ephialtikaîn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖν ephialtikoîn		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῶν ephialtikôn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῶν ephialtikôn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῶν ephialtikôn
Dative		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῷ ephialtikôi	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῇ ephialtikêi	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῷ ephialtikôi		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖν ephialtikoîn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκαῖν ephialtikaîn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖν ephialtikoîn		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖς ephialtikoîs	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκαῖς ephialtikaîs	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖς ephialtikoîs
Accusative		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκόν ephialtikón	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκήν ephialtikḗn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκόν ephialtikón		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephialtikṓ	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾱ́ ephialtikā́	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephialtikṓ		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκούς ephialtikoús	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾱ́ς ephialtikā́s	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾰ́ ephialtiká
Vocative		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκέ ephialtiké	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκή ephialtikḗ	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκόν ephialtikón		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephialtikṓ	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾱ́ ephialtikā́	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephialtikṓ		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοί ephialtikoí	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκαί ephialtikaí	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾰ́ ephialtiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῶς ephialtikôs				ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώτερος ephialtikṓteros				ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώτᾰτος ephialtikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: εφιαλτικός (efialtikós)

Further reading

• “ἐφιαλτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press