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Nycteus

Nycteus · m

a son of Hyrieus and the nymph Clonia, and father of Antiopa

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Where it lives

de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

Nycteus — Lewis & Short

Nycteus, ĕi and ĕos, m., = *nukteu/s,

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.

In the wild

Nycteus Claudian, de raptu Proserpinae 1.1.285
Nycteus Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.504

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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