νύχιος [ῠ],α,ον, alsoος,ον
E. IT 1273 (lyr.), Tim. Fr. II, parodied by Macho ap. Ath. 8.341d :—
A. nightly,i.e.
1. of persons,doinga thingby night,
ν. καταλέξεται
Hes. Op. 523
(v.l.), cf. Th. 991 , A. Ag. 588 , etc. ; ἀνὴρ δ' ἐκτέταται ν. as in nightly sleep,
S. Ph. 857
(lyr.).
2. belonging to night,
ν. φθέγματα
Id. Ant. 1147
(lyr.) ;ἐνοπαί, γόοι,
E. IT 1277 , El. 141 (both lyr.) : in late Prose, ν. θεός
Dam. Pr. 273
.
3. of places,dark as night, gloomy,