ἀμφιλύκη

ἀμφιλύκη νύξ, ἡ,

• = λυκόφως, half light, morning twilight, Il. 7.433; without νύξ, A.R. 2.671, Opp. C. 1.135, AP 5.280 (Paul.Sil.), Lyd. Ost. 65. (No masc. is found.)

ἀμφιλύκη, νύξ (s. λυκόφως), Morgendämmerung, der grauende Morgen, Hom. einmal, Il. 7.433, Scholl. Ariston. ἡ διπλῆ, ὅτι ἅπαξ μόνον ἐνταῦθα τῇ λέξει κέχρηται ; – ohne νύξ Ap.Rh. 2.671 ; – Agath. 78 (VII.583) τρισσὴ δʼ ἀμφιλύκη δρόμον ἤνυσεν.

ἀμφιλύκη

[ἀμφι- 1 (giving the notion of hesitation between two sides, hence of doubtfulness) + *λύκη = L. lux.]

ἀ. νύξ, the(morning) twilight Il. 7.433.

ἀμφιλύκη (root λυκ, lux): with doubtful light; νύξ, i. e., neither day nor night, twi-light of dawn, Il. 7.433†.

ἀμφιλύκη v. *λύκη

• associated with ἡ νύξ, the morning-twilight, gray of morning, Il.