Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νυκτέλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νυκτέλιος νυκτέλιον

Structure: νυκτελι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nu/c

Sense

  1. nightly, his nightly festivals

Examples

  • μετὰ δὲ τοῦ Διὸσ τὸ τέμενοσ ἐσ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἀνελθοῦσι καλουμένην ἀπὸ Καρὸσ τοῦ Φορωνέωσ καὶ ἐσ ἡμᾶσ ἔτι Καρίαν, ἔστι μὲν Διονύσου ναὸσ Νυκτελίου, πεποίηται δὲ Ἀφροδίτησ Ἐπιστροφίασ ἱερὸν καὶ Νυκτὸσ καλούμενόν ἐστι μαντεῖον καὶ Διὸσ Κονίου ναὸσ οὐκ ἔχων ὄροφον. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 40 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. nightly

Related

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

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