Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπινύκτιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπινύκτιος ἐπινύκτιον

Structure: ἐπινυκτι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nu/c

Sense

  1. by night, nightly

Examples

  • τὸν ποίμνην καὶ ἔπαυλα βοῶν καὶ βώτορασ ἄνδρασ σινόμενον, κλαγγὰν τ’ οὐχὶ τρέσαντα κυνῶν, Εὐάλκησ ὁ Κρὴσ ἐπινύκτια μῆλα νομεύων πέφνε, καὶ ἐκ ταύτησ ἐκρέμασεν πίτυοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2621)

Synonyms

  1. by night

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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