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1 ἠπίαλος
ἠπίαλος EphialtesGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `ague, ague from fever' (Thgn., Ar., Hp. etc.; on th meaning Strömberg Wortstudien 82ff.); `nightmare';Other forms: ἐπίαλος Alc. bei EM 434, 6 (prob. after ἐπί); cf. ἠπίολος `moth' (Arist. HA 605b 14; v. l. - όλης) with ἠπιόλιον ῥιγοπυρέτιον H.Derivatives: ἠπιαλώδης `ἠπ.-like' (Hp.), ἠπιαλέω `suffer from ἠπ.' (Ar., Arist.), ἐξ-ηπιαλόομαι `become ἠπ.' (Hp.). - ἠπίολος `moth' (Arist. HA 605b 14; v. l. - όλης) with ἠπιόλιον ῥιγοπυρέτιον H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Acc. to Strömberg l.c. from ἤπιος, prop. "mild fever" a taboo-paraphrase; cf. the parallels mentioned there; an improbable hypothesis. (On - αλο- Chantraine Formation 246f.) From ἠπίαλος is ἠπίολος (better - όλης; after the nouns in - όλης) `moth' not to be separated, as is shown by the words adduced by Bugge BB 18, 166: Lith. drugỹs `(cold) fever, feverbird(?), butterfly' (to Russ. drožátь `shiver'), Alb. ethe `fever' with ethëzë "feverbird(?)", `moth'; s. further Immisch Glotta 6, 193; in folklore butterflies etc. bring fever. - Not with Vaniček a. o. (e. g. Güntert Kalypso 226f.) to Lat. vappō `moth?'. - See also on Έφιαλτης. - Given the variation α\/ο prob. a Pre-Greek word (Fur. 258, 342).Page in Frisk: 1,640-641Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἠπίαλος
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