Nyctelius

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Menander, Monostichoi, 176

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Nyctĕlĭus: a, um, adj., = Νυκτέλιος,
I an epithet of Bacchus, because his mysteries were celebrated at night: Nyctelius pater, Ov. A. A. 1, 567: latex, wine, Sen. Oedip. 492: Nyctelia sacra, the Bacchanalia, Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 383>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Nyctĕlĭus,¹⁵ ĭī, m. (Νυκτέλιος), un des noms de Bacchus [dont les mystères se célébraient la nuit] : Ov. Ars 1, 567 ; Sen. Œd. 492