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νύξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: νύξ νυκτός

Structure: νυκτ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. night

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸ φῶσ ἡμέραν καὶ τὸ σκότοσ ἐκάλεσε νύκτα. καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα καὶ ἐγένετο πρωί̈, ἡμέρα μία. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:5)
  • πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ τῆσ γῆσ, σπέρμα καὶ θερισμόσ, ψῦχοσ καὶ καῦμα, θέροσ καὶ ἔαρ, ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτα οὐ καταπαύσουσι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:22)
  • καὶ ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ τὴν νύκτα αὐτὸσ καὶ οἱ παῖδεσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺσ καὶ κατεδίωξεν αὐτοὺσ ἕωσ Χοβά, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ Δαμασκοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 14:15)
  • καὶ ἐξεκαλοῦντο τὸν Λὼτ καὶ ἔλεγον πρὸσ αὐτόν. ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ ἄνδρεσ οἱ εἰσελθόντεσ πρὸσ σὲ τὴν νύκτα̣ ἐξάγαγε αὐτοὺσ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, ἵνα συγγενώμεθα αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:5)
  • καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὁ Θεὸσ πρὸσ Ἀβιμέλεχ ἐν ὕπνῳ τὴν νύκτα καὶ εἶπεν. ἰδοὺ σὺ ἀποθνήσκεισ περὶ τῆσ γυναικόσ, ἧσ ἔλαβεσ, αὕτη δέ ἐστι συνῳκηυῖα ἀνδρί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:3)

Synonyms

  1. night

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