Nyctelius

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τὸ ἐμόν γ' ἐμοὶ λέγεις ὄναρ → you are telling me what I know already, you are telling me my own dream

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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>