The corpus record

νυκτερ-εύω

nuktereuo

pass the night

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Where it lives

On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Anabasis 3 · 0.53/10k
Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

νυκτερ-εύω · nykter-euō — LSJ

pass the night, bivouac, pass a sleepless night

pass the night, X. Cyr. 4.2.22 ; ν. ἀθλίως Timocl. 16.1 ; of troops, bivouac, X. An. 4.4.11 ; ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις ν. ib. 6.4.27 :—so in Med., pass a sleepless night, Timachid. ap. Ath. 15.699e.

In the wild

νυκτερευόντων · nyktereuontōn Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1712)
ἐνυκτέρευσαν · enyktereusan Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1763)
ἐνυκτέρευον · enyktereuon Xenophon, Anabasis 6.4.27 (DIORISIS sentence 2877)
νυκτερεῦσαι · nyktereusai Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.2.22 (DIORISIS sentence 1864)
ἐνυκτέρευσεν · enyktereusen Xenophon, Hellenica 4.5.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1576)
νυκτερεύειν · nyktereuein Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2232)

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Where it came from

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