ἐννύχιος
ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων → the men are dead, murdered by their very own hands | dead are our chiefs by fratricidal hands | by kindred hands and mutual murder slain | their hands have killed each other
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], α, ον Hes.Th.10, etc.; ος, ον S.Aj.180 (lyr.): (νύξ):—
A by night, at night, ἐ. προμολών Il.21.37; [νῆες] ἐννύχιαι κατάγοντο Od.3.178; ἐννύχιαι στεῖχον Hes. l.c.; ἐ. μέλπεσθαι Pi.P.3.79; ἐ. τέρψις S.Aj.1203 (lyr.); Ῥιπαί gloom-encompassed, Id.OC1248 (lyr.); φροντίδες Ar.Eq.1290, etc.: neut. as Adv., dub. in Parrhas.3. II ἐννυχίων ἄναξ Ἀϊδωνεῦ king of those who dwell in the realms of Night, S.OC1558 (lyr.); cf. sq. 11. III ἐννύχιον κρύπτεις· σκοτεινῶς καὶ δολίως, τινὲς δὲ ἐμμύχιον ἐν τῷ μυχῷ Hsch., cf. Call.Aet.3.1.21.
German (Pape)
[Seite 848] α, ον, auch 2 Endgn, nächtlich, bei Nacht; ἐννύχιος προμολών Il. 21, 37; νῆες ἐννύχιαι κατάγοντο, sie landeten bei Nacht, Od. 3, 178, wie ἐννύχιαι στεῖχον Hes. Th. 9; μέλπονται Pind. P. 3, 79; ἐννυχίοις μαχαναῖς Soph. Ai. 181; ἐννυχίαν τέρψιν ἰαύειν 1182; Pluto heißt ἐννυχίων ἄναξ, der finsteren Schatten; προσέβα στρατός Eur. Rhes. 45; sp. D.; φροντίδες Ar. Equ. 1287. – Ἐννύχιον adv., Ath. XII 549 a.
