νυκτάλωψ

Ancient Greek

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.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nyk.tá.lɔːps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nykˈta.lops/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nykˈta.lops/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nykˈta.lops/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nikˈta.lops/

Noun

νῠκτᾰ́λωψ • (nŭktắlōps) m or f (genitive νῠκτᾰ́λωπος); third declension

(medicine) day blindness, hemeralopia
(medicine) night blindness, nyctalopia

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ νῠκτᾰ́λωψ; τοῦ, τῆς νῠκτᾰ́λωπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ νῠκτᾰ́λωψ ho, hē nŭktắlōps	τὼ νῠκτᾰ́λωπε tṑ nŭktắlōpe	οἱ, αἱ νῠκτᾰ́λωπες hoi, hai nŭktắlōpes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς νῠκτᾰ́λωπος toû, tês nŭktắlōpos	τοῖν νῠκτᾰλώποιν toîn nŭktălṓpoin	τῶν νῠκτᾰλώπων tôn nŭktălṓpōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ νῠκτᾰ́λωπῐ tōî, tēî nŭktắlōpĭ	τοῖν νῠκτᾰλώποιν toîn nŭktălṓpoin	τοῖς, ταῖς νῠκτᾰ́λωψῐ / νῠκτᾰ́λωψῐν toîs, taîs nŭktắlōpsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν νῠκτᾰ́λωπᾰ tòn, tḕn nŭktắlōpă	τὼ νῠκτᾰ́λωπε tṑ nŭktắlōpe	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς νῠκτᾰ́λωπᾰς toùs, tā̀s nŭktắlōpăs
Vocative	νῠκτᾰ́λωψ nŭktắlōps	νῠκτᾰ́λωπε nŭktắlōpe	νῠκτᾰ́λωπες nŭktắlōpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

νῠκτᾰλωπῐ́ᾰσῐς (nŭktălōpĭ́ăsĭs)
νῠκτᾰλωπῐᾰ́ω (nŭktălōpĭắō)
νῠκτᾰλωπῐκός (nŭktălōpĭkós)