Nyctelius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Nyctĕlĭus, a, um, adj., = Νυκτέλιος,

an epithet of Bacchus , because his mysteries were celebrated at night: Nyctelius pater, Ov. A. A. 1, 567: latex, wine , Sen. Oedip. 492: Nyctelia sacra, the Bacchanalia , Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 383

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