νυκτικρυφής
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English (LSJ)
ές,
A hidden by night, Arist.Metaph.1040a31.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νυκτικρῠφής: -ές, ὁ κρυπτόμενος τὴν νύκτα, Ἀριστ. Μετὰ τὰ Φυσ. 6. 15, 9.
Greek Monolingual
νυκτικρυφής, -ές (Α)
αυτός που κρύβεται κατά τη διάρκεια της νύχτας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νυκτι- (βλ. ετυμολ. λ. νύχτα) + κρυφής (< θ. κρυφ- του κρύπτω, πρβλ. κρυφός)].
