ἐφιαλτικός

See also: εφιαλτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφῐᾰ́λτης (ephĭắltēs, “nightmare”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

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 • (ephĭăltĭkós) 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 ephĭăltĭkós	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκή ephĭăltĭkḗ	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκόν ephĭăltĭkón		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephĭăltĭkṓ	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾱ́ ephĭăltĭkā́	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephĭăltĭkṓ		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοί ephĭăltĭkoí	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκαί ephĭăltĭkaí	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾰ́ ephĭăltĭkắ
Genitive		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῦ ephĭăltĭkoû	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῆς ephĭăltĭkês	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῦ ephĭăltĭkoû		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖν ephĭăltĭkoîn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκαῖν ephĭăltĭkaîn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖν ephĭăltĭkoîn		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῶν ephĭăltĭkôn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῶν ephĭăltĭkôn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῶν ephĭăltĭkôn
Dative		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῷ ephĭăltĭkôi	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῇ ephĭăltĭkêi	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῷ ephĭăltĭkôi		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖν ephĭăltĭkoîn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκαῖν ephĭăltĭkaîn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖν ephĭăltĭkoîn		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖς ephĭăltĭkoîs	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκαῖς ephĭăltĭkaîs	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοῖς ephĭăltĭkoîs
Accusative		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκόν ephĭăltĭkón	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκήν ephĭăltĭkḗn	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκόν ephĭăltĭkón		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephĭăltĭkṓ	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾱ́ ephĭăltĭkā́	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephĭăltĭkṓ		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκούς ephĭăltĭkoús	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾱ́ς ephĭăltĭkā́s	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾰ́ ephĭăltĭkắ
Vocative		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκέ ephĭăltĭké	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκή ephĭăltĭkḗ	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκόν ephĭăltĭkón		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephĭăltĭkṓ	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾱ́ ephĭăltĭkā́	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώ ephĭăltĭkṓ		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκοί ephĭăltĭkoí	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκαί ephĭăltĭkaí	ἐφῐᾰλτῐκᾰ́ ephĭăltĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐφῐᾰλτῐκῶς ephĭăltĭkôs				ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώτερος ephĭăltĭkṓteros				ἐφῐᾰλτῐκώτᾰτος ephĭăltĭkṓtătos
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