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adjective

Nyctĕlĭus

fem. Nyctĕlia · neut. Nyctĕlium
= Νυκτέλιος
an epithet of Bacchus •
an epithet of Bacchus, because his mysteries were celebrated at night: Nyctelius pater, Ov. A. A. 1, 567: latex, wine, Sen. Oedip. 492: Nyctelia sacra, the Bacchanalia, Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 383
Perseus ID: n31530 Key: Nyctelius