νυκτερινός
nukterinos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-12-09
Primary meaning of night
Literal translation of night
Variants
νυκτερινός nukterinos
νυκτερ nukter abbreviation
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of night temporal expression

ὥρ(ᾳ) νυκτερ(ινῇ) ζʹ

‘hour 7 of night’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4275 3

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 508 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 281-282 + II: 416-417


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). νυκτερινός (Lemma #2630). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2630/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). νυκτερινός (Lemma #2630). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2630/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). νυκτερινός (Lemma #2630). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2630/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) νυκτερινός (Lemma #2630), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2630/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2630,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {νυκτερινός ({Lemma} #2630)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2630/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2630/},
}