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μεσο-νύκτιος

mesonuktios

of, at midnight

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Where it lives

Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k

What it meant

μεσο-νύκτιος · meso-nyktios — LSJ

of, at midnight, at midnight

of or at midnight, ἔκλειψις Arist. Mete. 367b26; ὥρα D.S. 19.31, cf. Anacreont. 31.1: with a Verb, μεσονύκτιον δέξασθαί τινα Pi. I. 7(6).5; μ. ὠλλύμαν E. Hec. 914 (lyr.): neut. as Adv., Theoc. 13.69: as Subst. μεσο-νύκτιον, τό, Hp. Morb. 2.48, LXX Jd. 16.3, Plu. Caes. 43, Luc. Merc.Cond. 26, Vett.Val. 339.6; κατὰ τὸ μ. Str. 2.5.42, Act.Ap. 16.25; μεσονυκτίου at midnight, Ev.Marc. 13.35; μεσονύκτου seems to be f.l. in Arist. ap. Sotion p.185 W.—Poet. word acc. to Phryn. 36:—the spelling μεσᾰνύκτι

In the wild

μεσονύκτιος · mesonyktios Euripides, Hecuba 1 (DIORISIS sentence 500)

Where it came from

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