Nycteus, ei and eos, m., = Νυκτεύς, a son of Hyrieus and the nymph Clonia, and father of Antiopa: Nycteos Antiope, Prop. 3, 15 (4, 14), 12.
—Hence,
Nyctēis, idis, f., the Nycteide, i. e. Antiopa: Nycteida, Ov. M. 6, 111: Nycteidos, Stat. Th. 7, 190; Hyg. Fab. 7 and 155.