Nictides - What is the English translation? English translators help arts English translators with the translation of Nictides

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135 months ago

anamaria crowe serrano (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Arts / Entertainment
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Nictides
Context:	This term appears in a poem. The "Nictides" are the Daughters of the Night in Greek mythology, just as the Oceanids are the Daughters of the Sea. But I can't find a collective reference to them in English. I've found "Nyx", the main daughter of the night. Anyone know what they're called collectively? Thanks.

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134 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

Nyx's children

My comment:

I found no collective name either, I suggest you leave the title as such, Nictides, and only translate the remainder, perhaps as "The daughters of the night", as I think has already been suggested. The only alternative I can think of for the title would be, as above indicated, Nyx's children.

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135 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

Nix's female offspring

My comment:

Couldn't find any one-word English equivalent of "Nictides" after browsing through the web.

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135 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

Children of Nyx

My comment:

I would not use daughters, since many of them are men, such as Moros, Hypnos, etc.
To my knowledge, Nyx or Nox is the godess of the Night, not a main duaghter.
El uso en español tampoco me parece justo. Quizás sería más adecuado los hijos o la descendencia de Nicte, Nyx, o mejor, de la Noche.
I hope this all helps.

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135 months ago

wrote:

Gracias Margarita. Nictides es el título de toda una sección de poesías. Está escrito como título en una página. En la siguiente aparece el subtítulo "Las Hijas de la Noche". A pesar de haber dioses también, como tú dices, la poetisa se refiere sólo a las hijas/diosas. Por lo tanto, Daughters of the Night es correcto en este contexto para el subtítulo. Tu sugerencia es muy buena, salvo que como pone Daughters of the Night como subtítulo en la siguiente página, preferiría encontrar un único término para Nictides cuando aparece como título principal de la sección.

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