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Ephthalite, n. (and a.)|ˈɛfθəlaɪt|
[ad. late Gr. Ἐϕθαλίτος.]
= White Hun s.v. white a. 11 e. Also as adj.
[1781Gibbon Decl. & F. II. xxvi. 584 They preserved the name of Huns, with the epithet of Euthalites or Nepthalites. 1838H. H. Milman Gibbon's Decl. & F. iv. xxvi. 351 The Armenian authors often mention this people under the name of Hepthal. St. Martin considers that the name Nephthalites is an error of a copyist. In Procopius they are Ἐϕθαλίται.] 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 59/2 This white race..around the Caspian and the Euxine..appear in European history as White Huns (Ephthalites), White Ugrians..White Bulgarians. 1920in H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. xxxi. 397/1 Some state under Ephthalite dominion. 1957Encycl. Brit. XII. 160/1 Under Skandagupta (455–470) the [Gupta] empire was successfully defended..and the Ephthalite invasions postponed for nearly 50 years. 1965[see White Hun s.v. white a. 11 e]. 1973L. Dupree Afghanistan xv. 301 The early phases of the Kushano-Sasanian period in Afghanistan lasted until about the mid-fifth century A.D. with the arrival of the Hephthalites (or Ephthalites). |