Nycteus

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

Nycteus, ĕi and ĕos, m., = Νυκτεύς,

I a son of Hyrieus and the nymph Clonia, and father of Antiopa : Nycteos Antiope, Prop. 3, 15 (4, 14), 12.—Hence,

II Nyctēis , ĭdis, f., the Nycteide , i. e. Antiopa : Nycteida, Ov. M. 6, 111: Nycteidos, Stat. Th. 7, 190; Hyg. Fab. 7 and 155.