νυκτερινός

nykterinos

by night, nightly

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Divination in Sleep 1
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Chapter 1 462b12–463b11

463a30
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 1 778a16–781a13

780a6
History of Animals 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

592b8
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 359b27–361b13

360a4
Politics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32

1308a29

Dictionary (LSJ)

νυκτερινός, ή, όν, (νύξ) A. by night, nightly, φυλακή Ar. V. 2 ; ξύνοδοι Id. Eq. 477 ; ἀείσματα Eup. 139 ; πυρετός Hp. Epid. 1.5 ; στρατηγός ( = νυκτοστράτηγος) Str. 17.1.12, CIG 2930 (Tralles) ; φρίξ POxy. 924.4 (iv A.D.) ; ἀναχώρησις Th. 4.128 ; σύλλογος Pl. Lg. 909a, cf. Arist. HA 592b8 ; φέγγος Aen.Tact. 10.25 ; ν. σύσσημα Id. 4.5 ; ν. γενέσθαι to happen by night, Ar. Ach. 1162 ; -ώτατόν τι τολμᾶν at dead of night, Luc. Icar. 21. 2. Astrol., potent by night, Ptol. Tetr. 20. 3. Subst., νυκτερινός, ὁ, a kind of musical composition for the flute, used in Dionysiac worship, BCH 50.235 (Thasos, iii B.C.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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