Νυκτίβιος

night-living, nocturnal

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Jun 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

13 words

[Meaning] one who passes his time at night as if in the day.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νυκτίβιος· ὁ ἐν νυκτὶ ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ διάγων.

Betacode

*nukti/bios: o( e)n nukti\ w(s e)n h(me/ra| dia/gwn.

The headword is unattested outside lexicography (references at Photius nu276 Theodoridis), where it is always glossed thus or similarly. Hesychius (nu699 Latte) adds an additional comment: "such are the beasts and most of the birds."

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