Nyctelius

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Νυκτέλιος (Nuktélios).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nyctelius m sg (genitive Nycteliī or Nyctelī); second declension

  1. 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,

Declension

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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).

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