νυκτιβόας

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Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)

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Full diacritics: νυκτῐβόας Medium diacritics: νυκτιβόας Low diacritics: νυκτιβόας Capitals: ΝΥΚΤΙΒΟΑΣ
Transliteration A: nyktibóas Transliteration B: nyktiboas Transliteration C: nyktivoas Beta Code: nuktibo/as

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ,

   A = στρίγλος, Hsch. (νυκτοβόα cod.).

Greek Monolingual

νυκτιβόας, ὁ (Α)
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) «στρίγλος
καλεῑται δὲ καὶ νυκτοβόα, οἱ δὲ νυκτοκόρακα».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νυκτι- (βλ. ετυμολ. λ. νύχτα) + βόας (< βοῶ), πρβλ. τηλε-βόας].