nyctalops
From LSJ
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nyctălops: ōpis, adj., = νυκτάλωψ.
I That cannot see in the twilight, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170; 8, 50, 76, § 203; Dig. 21, 1, 10. —
II That sees only at night: nyctalopas, qui per noctem vident et per diem obscuritatem patiuntur, Theod. Prisc. 1, 10.—
III The plant nyctegretos, Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62.
