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ἐννύχιος

ennychios

by night, at night

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐννύχιος [ῠ], α, ον Hes. Th. 10, etc.; ος, ον S. Aj. 180 (lyr.): (νύξ):—A. by night, at night, ἐ. προμολών Il. 21.37; [νῆες] ἐννύχιαι κατάγοντο Od. 3.178; ἐννύχιαι στεῖχον Hes. l.c.; ἐ. μέλπεσθαι Pi. P. 3.79; ἐ. τέρψις S. Aj. 1203 (lyr.); Ῥιπαί gloom-encompassed, Id. OC 1248 (lyr.); φροντίδες Ar. Eq. 1290, etc.: neut. as Adv., dub. in Parrhas. 3. II. ἐννυχίων ἄναξ Ἀϊδωνεῦ king of those who dwell in the realms of Night, S. OC 1558 (lyr.); cf. sq. II. III. ἐννύχιον κρύπτεις· σκοτεινῶς καὶ δολίως, τινὲς δὲ ἐμμύχιον ἐν τῷ μυχῷ Hsch., cf. Call. Aet. 3.1.21.
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