Nyctelius

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νυκτέλιος (Nuktélios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nykˈte.li.us/, [nʏkˈt̪ɛlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nikˈte.li.us/, [nikˈt̪ɛːlius]

Proper noun

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

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

• “Nyctelius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press