ἠπίαλος

A. ague, Thgn. 174, Gal. 7.347; ἠ. πυρετός Hp. Superf. 34, Dsc. 4.68; ἠ. πυρετοῦ πρόδρομος Ar. Fr. 332: in pl., ἠ. καὶ πυρετοί Hp. Aër. 3: metaph., ἀηδόνων ἠ. ague to nightingales, Com. name of a bad poet, Phryn. Com.69.

II. = foreg., nightmare, Ar. V. 1038, as expld. by Did. ap.Sch. (but coupled with πυρετοί).