The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλυχνόβιος“living by lamplight”
- English todaylychnobite
From Ancient Greek λυχνόβιος (lukhnóbios, “living by lamplight”), from λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) + βίος (bíos, “life”); ending analogical to cenobite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.