Ephialtes
n.
nightmare or demon that causes nightmares, c.1600, from Greek Ephialtes, name of a demon supposed to cause nightmares; the ancient explanation is that it was from ephallesthai “to leap upon,” but OED finds “considerable” phonological difficulties with this.
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