νύχιος: Difference between revisions

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