Nyctelius
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Νυκτέλιος (Nuktélios)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /nykˈte.li.us/, [nʏkˈt̪ɛlʲiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nikˈte.li.us/, [nikˈt̪ɛːlius]
Proper noun
Nyctelius m sg (genitive Nycteliī or Nyctelī); second declension
- a surname of Bacchus
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.15:
- Nycteliusque Eleleusque parens et Iacchus et Euhan,
- Nyctelius and Eleleus and the parent and Iacchus and Euhan,
- Nycteliusque Eleleusque parens et Iacchus et Euhan,
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Nyctelius |
Genitive | Nycteliī Nyctelī1 |
Dative | Nycteliō |
Accusative | Nyctelium |
Ablative | Nycteliō |
Vocative | Nyctelī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Nyctelius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press