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                    "description": "<b>ἐφι·άλτης, ου (ὁ)<\/b> cauchemar (<i>litt<\/i>. qui saute sur, qui oppresse) STR. <i>19 ;<\/i> DIOSC. <i>3, 157 ;<\/i> ARTÉM. <i>214 Reiff<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Éol<\/i>. ἐπιάλτης, ALC. <i>129<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>p.-ê. pré-grec ;<\/i> ἐπί, ἅλλομαι « sauter sur quelqu’un » <i>par étym. populaire<\/i>.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "ου, ὁ, <i>Aeol.<\/i> ἐπιάλτης Alc. 129, also ἐπίαλος <i>ibid.<\/i> : — <b>nightmare<\/b>, conceived as a throttling demon, Phryn.Com. 1, Dsc. 3.140 (pl.), Artem. 2.37, Ruf. ap. Orib. 7.26.177, Str. 1.2.8; pr. n. of one of the Aloidae, <i>Il.<\/i> 5.385, <i>Od.<\/i> 11.308, Pi. <i>P.<\/i> 4.89 (Ἐπ- acc. to <i>Sch. Od. l.c.<\/i>, cf. A.D. <i>Synt.<\/i> 179.22), and <i>Att.<\/i> pr. n., cf. Acl. Dion. <i>Fr.<\/i> 381, IG1². 950.92, etc. (Identified with ἠπιόλης by A.D. <i>Fr.<\/i> 8.12 (or Apollodorus, v. Sophr. 68 note); ἐπιάλτης is expld. as ῥιγοπύρετον by Suid. ; popularly connected with ἐφάλλομαι, <i>Sch. B Il.<\/i> 5.385, or ἐφιάλλω, <i>EM<\/i> 403.32; cf.<br\/><b>incubo<\/b>.)"
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