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νυκτερ-ι^νός , ή, όν, (νύξ)
A.by night, nightly,φυλακήAr.V.2 ; “ξύνοδοιId.Eq.477 ; “ἀείσματαEup.139 ; “πυρετόςHp.Epid.1.5 ; στρατηγός ( = νυκτοστράτηγος) Str.17.1.12, CIG2930 (Tralles) ; “φρίξPOxy.924.4 (iv A.D.) ; “ἀναχώρησιςTh.4.128 ; “σύλλογοςPl.Lg.909a, cf. Arist. HA592b8 ; “φέγγοςAen.Tact.10.25 ; “ν. σύσσημαId.4.5 ; ν. γενέσθαι to happen by night, Ar.Ach.1162 ; “-ώτατόν τι τολμᾶνat dead of night, Luc.Icar.21.
2. Astrol., potent by night, Ptol.Tetr.20.
3. Subst., νυκτερινός, , a kind of musical composition for the flute, used in Dionysiac worship, BCH50.235 (Thasos, iii B.C.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Aristophanes, Knights, 477
    • Aristophanes, Wasps, 2
    • Plato, Laws, 909a
    • Strabo, Geography, 17.1.12
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.128
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 1162
    • Lucian, Icaromenippus, 21
    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 20
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