νύχιος

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], α, ον, also ος, ον E.IT1273 (lyr.), Tim.Fr.II, parodied by Macho ap.Ath.8.341d :—

   A nightly, i.e.    1 of persons, doing a thing by night, ν. καταλέξεται Hes.Op.523 (v.l.), cf.Th.991, A.Ag. 588, etc. ; ἀνὴρ δ' ἐκτέταται ν. as in nightly sleep, S.Ph.857 (lyr.).    2 belonging to night, ν. φθέγματα Id.Ant.1147 (lyr.) ; ἐνοπαί, γόοι, E.IT 1277, El.141 (both lyr.) : in late Prose, ν. θεός Dam.Pr.273.    3 of places, dark as night, gloomy, νυχίαν πλάκα A.Pers.953 (lyr.) ; δι' ἅλα ν. E.Med.211 (lyr.) ; ἄντρα Id.Andr.1224 (lyr.) ; ὑπὸ μέλαθρα νύχια, i.e. into the nether world, Id.Hel.177 (lyr.) ; χάος Ar.Av. 698 : in later Prose, τὸ τῶν ἄντρων ν. Porph.Antr.9.