# pnigalion

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A nocturnal monster in Ancient Greece that would choke its victims; incubus; nightmare.
2. sleep paralysis; nightmare

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

## Source
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