LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Nyctĭmĕnē

Meaning

  1. the daughter of Epopeus, king of Lesbos, who unknowingly had intercourse with her father: when she discovered it, she fled in despair to the woods, where she was changed by Minerva into a night-owl

Nyctĭmĕnē, ēs, f., = Νυκτιμένη,
I. the daughter of Epopeus, king of Lesbos, who unknowingly had intercourse with her father: when she discovered it, she fled in despair to the woods, where she was changed by Minerva into a night-owl, Ov. M. 2, 591; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 403; Hyg. Fab. 204 and 253.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyNyctimeneNyctimene. a daughter of Epopeus, king of Lesbos, or, according to others, of Nycteus. Pursued and dishonored by her amorous father, she herself in th…

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What does Nyctĭmĕnē mean in Latin?
Nyctĭmĕnē, a proper noun, means “the daughter of Epopeus, king of Lesbos, who unknowingly had intercourse with her father: when she discovered it, she fled in despair to the woods, where she was changed by Minerva into a night-owl”.