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词汇 ephialtes
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Definition of ephialtes in English:

ephialtes

noun 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.
    Synonyms
    bad dream, night terrors

Origin

Early 17th century: Greek ephialtēs, possibly from ephiallesthai 'leap on'.
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