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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 εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. γενηθήτωσαν φωστῆρεσ ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰσ φαῦσιν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, τοῦ διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆσ νυκτόσ. καὶ ἔστωσαν εἰσ σημεῖα καὶ εἰσ καιροὺσ καὶ εἰσ ἡμέρασ καὶ εἰσ ἐνιαυτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:14)
  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τοὺσ δύο φωστῆρασ τοὺσ μεγάλουσ, τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν μέγαν εἰσ ἀρχὰσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν ἐλάσσω εἰσ ἀρχὰσ τῆσ νυκτόσ, καὶ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:16)
  • καὶ ἄρχειν τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ τῆσ νυκτὸσ καὶ διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ φωτὸσ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σκότουσ. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:18)
  • θηριάλωτον οὐκ ἐνήνοχά σοι, ἐγὼ ἀπετίννυον παῤ ἐμαυτοῦ κλέμματα ἡμέρασ καὶ κλέμματα νυκτόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:39)
  • ἐγενόμην τῆσ ἡμέρασ συγκαιόμενοσ τῷ καύματι καὶ τῷ παγετῷ τῆσ νυκτόσ, καὶ ἀφίστατο ὁ ὕπνοσ μου ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:40)

Synonyms

  1. night

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