pnigalion

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A nocturnal monster in Ancient Greece that would choke its victims; incubus; nightmare. historical,uncountable
    — Because the Greeks considered being choked or strangled to be one consequence of a night-mare attack, the entity was also called pnigalion (“throttler”).
  2. sleep paralysis; nightmare archaic,uncountable
    — Incubus (synonyms, Pnigalion, ephialtes, epibole ) .— It is an elementary form of epilepsy .

词源

From New Latin pnīgalion, from Ancient Greek πνῑγαλίων (pnīgalíōn, “nightmare”), from πνῑ́γω (pnī́gō, “to throttle, strangle”).
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