"νυκτάλωψ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See νυκτάλωψ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nyk.tá.lɔːps/, /nykˈta.lops/, /nikˈta.lops/, /nyk.tá.lɔːps/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /nykˈta.lops/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /nykˈta.lops/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /nykˈta.lops/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /nikˈta.lops/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The suffix, which is found also in ἀγχίλωψ (ankhílōps), αἱμάλωψ (haimálōps) and θῡμάλωψ (thūmálōps), is typically Pre-Greek. The connection with νύξ (núx, “night”) must be folk-etymological. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|νῠκτᾰ́λωψ|νῠκτᾰ́λωπος|m|third|g2=f}} νῠκτᾰ́λωψ • (nŭktắlōps) m or f (genitive νῠκτᾰ́λωπος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νῠκτᾰ́λωψ|νῠκτᾰ́λωπος|form=MF}} Forms: νῠκτᾰ́λωψ [canonical], nŭktắlōps [romanization], νῠκτᾰ́λωπος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], νῠκτᾰ́λωψ [nominative, singular], νῠκτᾰ́λωπε [dual, nominative], νῠκτᾰ́λωπες [nominative, plural], νῠκτᾰ́λωπος [genitive, singular], νῠκτᾰλώποιν [dual, genitive], νῠκτᾰλώπων [genitive, plural], νῠκτᾰ́λωπῐ [dative, singular], νῠκτᾰλώποιν [dative, dual], νῠκτᾰ́λωψῐ [dative, plural], νῠκτᾰ́λωψῐν [dative, plural], nŭktắlōpsĭ [dative, plural], nŭktắlōpsĭn [dative, plural], νῠκτᾰ́λωπᾰ [accusative, singular], νῠκτᾰ́λωπε [accusative, dual], νῠκτᾰ́λωπᾰς [accusative, plural], νῠκτᾰ́λωψ [singular, vocative], νῠκτᾰ́λωπε [dual, vocative], νῠκτᾰ́λωπες [plural, vocative]
  1. (medicine) day blindness, hemeralopia
    Sense id: en-νυκτάλωψ-grc-noun-kEuAm8Ib Categories (other): Medicine, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine) night blindness, nyctalopia
    Sense id: en-νυκτάλωψ-grc-noun-YAi2ys9x Categories (other): Medicine, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 54 46 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: νῠκτᾰλωπῐ́ᾰσῐς (nŭktălōpĭ́ăsĭs), νῠκτᾰλωπῐᾰ́ω (nŭktălōpĭắō), νῠκτᾰλωπῐκός (nŭktălōpĭkós)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nŭktălōpĭ́ăsĭs",
      "word": "νῠκτᾰλωπῐ́ᾰσῐς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nŭktălōpĭắō",
      "word": "νῠκτᾰλωπῐᾰ́ω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nŭktălōpĭkós",
      "word": "νῠκτᾰλωπῐκός"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The suffix, which is found also in ἀγχίλωψ (ankhílōps), αἱμάλωψ (haimálōps) and θῡμάλωψ (thūmálōps), is typically Pre-Greek. The connection with νύξ (núx, “night”) must be folk-etymological.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nŭktắlōps",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōps",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπε",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπες",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπος",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰλώποιν",
      "roman": "nŭktălṓpoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰλώπων",
      "roman": "nŭktălṓpōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπῐ",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰλώποιν",
      "roman": "nŭktălṓpoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nŭktắlōpsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nŭktắlōpsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπᾰ",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπε",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπᾰς",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōps",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπε",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπες",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ",
        "2": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπος",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ • (nŭktắlōps) m or f (genitive νῠκτᾰ́λωπος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ",
        "2": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπος",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "grc:Medicine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "day blindness, hemeralopia"
      ],
      "id": "en-νυκτάλωψ-grc-noun-kEuAm8Ib",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "day blindness",
          "day blindness"
        ],
        [
          "hemeralopia",
          "hemeralopia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) day blindness, hemeralopia"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "grc:Medicine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night blindness, nyctalopia"
      ],
      "id": "en-νυκτάλωψ-grc-noun-YAi2ys9x",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "night blindness",
          "night blindness"
        ],
        [
          "nyctalopia",
          "nyctalopia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) night blindness, nyctalopia"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.tá.lɔːps/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nykˈta.lops/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nikˈta.lops/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.tá.lɔːps/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nykˈta.lops/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nykˈta.lops/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nykˈta.lops/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nikˈta.lops/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νυκτάλωψ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek nouns with multiple genders",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "nŭktălōpĭ́ăsĭs",
      "word": "νῠκτᾰλωπῐ́ᾰσῐς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nŭktălōpĭắō",
      "word": "νῠκτᾰλωπῐᾰ́ω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nŭktălōpĭkós",
      "word": "νῠκτᾰλωπῐκός"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The suffix, which is found also in ἀγχίλωψ (ankhílōps), αἱμάλωψ (haimálōps) and θῡμάλωψ (thūmálōps), is typically Pre-Greek. The connection with νύξ (núx, “night”) must be folk-etymological.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nŭktắlōps",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōps",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπε",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπες",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπος",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰλώποιν",
      "roman": "nŭktălṓpoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰλώπων",
      "roman": "nŭktălṓpōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπῐ",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰλώποιν",
      "roman": "nŭktălṓpoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nŭktắlōpsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nŭktắlōpsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπᾰ",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπε",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπᾰς",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōps",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπε",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπες",
      "roman": "nŭktắlōpes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ",
        "2": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπος",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ • (nŭktắlōps) m or f (genitive νῠκτᾰ́λωπος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῠκτᾰ́λωψ",
        "2": "νῠκτᾰ́λωπος",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "day blindness, hemeralopia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "day blindness",
          "day blindness"
        ],
        [
          "hemeralopia",
          "hemeralopia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) day blindness, hemeralopia"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night blindness, nyctalopia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "night blindness",
          "night blindness"
        ],
        [
          "nyctalopia",
          "nyctalopia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) night blindness, nyctalopia"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.tá.lɔːps/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nykˈta.lops/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nikˈta.lops/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.tá.lɔːps/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nykˈta.lops/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nykˈta.lops/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nykˈta.lops/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nikˈta.lops/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νυκτάλωψ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for νυκτάλωψ meaning in Ancient Greek (5.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.