Nyctelius
ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
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 || -us, a, um, de Bacchus : Serv. En. 4, 383.
Latin > German (Georges)
Nyctelius, a, um (Νυκτέλιος), nächtlich, ein Beiname des Bacchus wegen der bei Nacht gefeierten Bacchanalien, Nyctelius pater u. bl. Nyctelius, Ov. art. am. 1, 567. Ov. met. 4, 15. Anthol. Lat. 573, 2 M. Mar. Victorin. art. gr. 3, 5, 9. p. 111, 32 K.: dah. Nyctelia sacra, Serv. Verg. Aen. 4, 303: u. Nyctelius latex, vom Wein, Sen. Oedip. 504.
