νυχαῖος

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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: νῠχαῖος Medium diacritics: νυχαῖος Low diacritics: νυχαίος Capitals: ΝΥΧΑΙΟΣ
Transliteration A: nychaîos Transliteration B: nychaios Transliteration C: nychaios Beta Code: nuxai=os

English (LSJ)

α, ον,=νύχιος, Theognost.Can.52.

Greek Monolingual

νυχαῑος, -αία, -ον (Μ)
σκοτεινός σαν τη νύχτα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Το επί θ. εμφανίζει το θ. νυχ με δασύ σύμφωνο του νύξ, νυκτός (βλ. λ. νύχτα) + κατάλ. -αῖος (πρβλ. τελευταίος)].