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Definition of ephialtes in English: ephialtesnoun ɛfɪˈaltiːz rare A nightmare. Example sentencesExamples - Ephialtes could apparently manifest as both erotic and nonerotic nightmares.
- To prevent the Ephialtes or night-mare we hang up a hollow stone in our stables.
- The influential Greek physician Galen examined the causation of the nightmare or ephialtes during the second century AD.
- The black seed also taken before bedtime, is very effectual for such as in their sleep are troubled with the disease called Ephialtes.
- The ephialtes, or nightmare, is called by the common people witch-riding.
Origin Early 17th century: Greek ephialtēs, possibly from ephiallesthai 'leap on'. |