νυκτόμαντις

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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγωhowever, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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Transliteration A: nyktómantis Transliteration B: nyktomantis Transliteration C: nyktomantis Beta Code: nukto/mantis

English (LSJ)

εως, ὁ, ἡ, A one who prophesies by night, Poll.7.188.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νυκτόμαντις: -εως, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ κατὰ τὴν νύκτα μαντευόμενος, προφητεύων, Πολυδ. Ζ΄, 188. - Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 537.

Greek Monolingual

νυκτόμαντις και νυκτιμάντις, ό, ἡ (Α)
αυτός που μαντεύει κατά τη νύχτα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νύξ, νυκτός + μάντις (πρβλ. ονειρό-μαντις). Ο τ. νυκτίμαντις < νυκτι- του νύξ, νυκτός
(βλ. ετυμολ. λ. νύχτα)].