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νυκτερήσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νυκτερήσιος νυκτερήσιον

Structure: νυκτερησι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nu/kteros

Sense

  1. nightly

Examples

  • ὀλίγουσ δὲ καὶ τῶν ἐμοὶ δοθέντων ἄκουσον ἐρομένου γάρ μου εἰ φαλακρόσ ἐστιν Ἀλέξανδροσ, καὶ κατασημηναμένου περιέργωσ καὶ προφανῶσ ὑπογράφεται χρησμὸσ νυκτερήσιοσ, Σαβαρδαλαχου μαλαχααττηαλοσ ἦν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 53:1)

Synonyms

  1. nightly

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

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