nyctălops
ōpis, adj.
I.
That cannot see in the twilight, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170; 8, 50, 76, § 203; Dig. 21, 1, 10. —
II.
That sees only at night: nyctalopas, qui per noctem vident et per diem obscuritatem patiuntur, Theod. Prisc. 1, 10.—
III.
The plant nyctegretos, Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62.