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μεσονύκτιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεσονύκτιος μεσονύκτιον

Structure: μεσονυκτι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nu/c

Sense

  1. of or at midnight

Examples

  • ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ μεσονυκτίῳ καὶ ἐξέστη ὁἀνὴρ καὶ ἐταράχθη, καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ κοιμᾶται πρὸσ ποδῶν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 3:8)
  • ψηλαφήσουσιν ὡσ τυφλοὶ τοῖχον καὶ ὡσ οὐχ ὑπαρχόντων ὀφθαλμῶν ψηλαφήσουσι. καὶ πεσοῦνται ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ὡσ ἐν μεσονυκτίῳ, ὡσ ἀποθνήσκοντεσ στενάξουσιν, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 59:10)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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