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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

  • ἔτι γὰρ ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ὑετὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρασ καὶ τεσσαράκοντα νύκτασ καὶ ἐξαλείψω πᾶν τὸ ἀνάστημα, ὃ ἐποίησα, ἀπὸ προσώπου πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:4)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ὑετὸσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρασ καὶ τεσσαράκοντα νύκτασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:12)
  • Καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ κατακλυσμὸσ τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρασ καὶ τεσσαράκοντα νύκτασ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἐπεπληθύνθη τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ ἐπῆρε τὴν κιβωτόν, καὶ ὑψώθη ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:17)
  • Καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆσ. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. περὶ μέσασ νύκτασ ἐγὼ εἰσπορεύομαι εἰσ μέσον Αἰγύπτου, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 11:4)
  • καὶ εἰσῆλθε Μωυσῆσ εἰσ τὸ μέσον τῆσ νεφέλησ καὶ ἀνέβη εἰσ τὸ ὄροσ καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἐν τῷ ὄρει τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρασ καὶ τεσσαράκοντα νύκτασ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 24:18)

Synonyms

  1. night

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