Ephialtes

From Ancient Greek Ἐφιάλτης (Ephiáltēs).

Ephialtes

1. An Athenian political figure who pioneered an early form of democracy.
2. (Greek mythology) Either of two Giants.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐφιάλτης (Ephiáltēs).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.pʰiˈal.teːs/, [ɛpʰiˈäɫ̪t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.fiˈal.tes/, [efiˈäl̪t̪es]

Ephialtēs m sg (genitive Ephialtae); first declension

1. an Athenian statesman
2. (Greek mythology) a mythological giant, brother of Otus

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

• “Ephialtes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ephialtes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ephialtes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray