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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 ἐγένετο διὰ τεσσαράκοντα ἡμερῶν καὶ διὰ τεσσαράκοντα νυκτῶν ἔδωκε Κύριοσ ἐμοὶ τὰσ δύο πλάκασ τὰσ λιθίνασ, πλάκασ διαθήκησ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 9:11)
  • καὶ ἀνίσταται ἐκ νυκτῶν καὶ ἔδωκε βρώματα τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ ἔργα ταῖσ θεραπαίναισ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 29:32)
  • ἤλπιζεν γὰρ οἶμαι κἀκεῖνοσ, εἰ τῶν νυκτῶν ὑπ’ ἐκείνῳ τῷ λύχνῳ ἀναγιγνώσκοι, αὐτίκα μάλα καὶ τὴν Ἐπικτήτου σοφίαν ὄναρ ἐπικτήσεσθαι καὶ ὅμοιοσ ἔσεσθαι τῷ θαυμαστῷ ἐκείνῳ γέροντι. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 13:1)
  • ἃ δὲ τῶν νυκτῶν ἐποίει καὶ ἔπασχεν, ὀκνῶ λέγειν πλὴν ἀλλὰ ἐθεασάμην γε πολλὰ καὶ ἄρρητα καὶ πᾶσαν ὕβριν ὑπερπεπαικότα. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 27:17)
  • τίνεσ ἐκ νυκτῶν τὰσ ἡμετέρασ κοίτασ πλάθουσ’; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, anapests11)

Synonyms

  1. night

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