Νυκτιλόχοι
night-ambushers
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Feb 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] pirates/robbers.1
Also [sc. attested is]nuktoperipla/nhtos ["roaming about at night"] [is used] in Aristophanes.2
Also [sc. attested is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νυκτιλόχοι· λῃσταί. καὶ Νυκτοπεριπλάνητος παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει.
Betacode
*nuktilo/xoi: lh|stai/. kai\ *nuktoperipla/nhtos para\ *)aristofa/nei.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius nu277 Theodoridis. (Earliest is Hesychius nu704, which suggests that the quoted headword is accusative plural, not the Suda's nominative.) ↩
- 2In the vocative: Aristophanes, Acharnians 264 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Dec 2020
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.1; more keywords — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword and tr — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth