νύχιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1273</span> (lyr.), Tim.<span class="title">Fr.</span>II, parodied by Macho ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.8.341d</span> :—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[nightly]], i.e. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, [[doing]] a thing [[by night]], ν. καταλέξεται <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>523</span> (v.l.), cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>991</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 588</span>, etc.; ἀνὴρ δ' ἐκτέταται ν. [[as in nightly sleep]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>857</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[belonging to night]], ν. φθέγματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1147</span> (lyr.); [[ἐνοπαί]], [[γόοι]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span> 1277</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>141</span> (both lyr.) : in late Prose, ν. θεός <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>273</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of places, [[dark as night]], [[gloomy]], νυχίαν πλάκα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>953</span> (lyr.); δι' ἅλα ν. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>211</span> (lyr.); ἄντρα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1224</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὑπὸ μέλαθρα νύχια</b>, i.e. into the nether world, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>177</span> (lyr.); χάος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 698</span> : in later Prose, τὸ τῶν ἄντρων ν. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Antr.</span>9</span>.</span>