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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛ.pʰiˈaɫ.teːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.fiˈal̪.t̪es]

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, 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