νυκτιλόχος
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
ον, lying in wait by night, Theognost.Can.84, Hsch.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νυκτῐλόχος: -ον, ὁ ἐν νυκτὶ ἐνεδρεύων, λῃστής, Νόνν. Εὐαγγ. κ. Ἰω. ιθ΄, 18· ― νυκτιλοχέω, Βυζ., Ἡσύχ.
Greek Monolingual
νυκτιλόχος, -ον (ΑΜ)
αυτός που ενεδρεύει, που παραφυλάει τη νύχτα («τὸ αἴτιον νυκτιλόχος μανία» — η μανία που εκδηλώνεται κατά τη νύχτα, Ευστ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νυκτι- (βλ. ετυμολ. λ. νύχτα) + λόχος (πρβλ. βωμο-λόχος)].
