Nyctelius
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Νυκτέλιος (Nuktélios).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /nykˈte.li.us/, [nʏkˈt̪ɛlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nikˈte.li.us/, [nikˈt̪ɛːlius]
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Nyctelius |
Genitive | Nycteliī Nyctelī1 |
Dative | Nycteliō |
Accusative | Nyctelium |
Ablative | Nycteliō |
Vocative | Nyctelī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “Nyctelius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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