nyctalops

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

nyctălops, ōpis, adj., = νυκτάλωψ.

I That cannot see in the twilight , Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170; 8, 50, 76, § 203; Dig. 21, 1, 10. —

II That sees only at night : nyctalopas, qui per noctem vident et per diem obscuritatem patiuntur, Theod. Prisc. 1, 10.—

III The plant nyctegretos, Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62.

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