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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

  • προφυλακή ἐστι τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὥστε ἐξαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺσ ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου. ἐκείνη ἡ νὺξ αὕτη προφυλακὴ Κυρίῳ, ὥστε πᾶσι τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ εἶναι εἰσ γενεὰσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:42)
  • καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆσ παρεμβολῆσ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆσ παρεμβολῆσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἔστη. καὶ ἐγένετο σκότοσ καὶ γνόφοσ, καὶ διῆλθεν ἡ νύξ, καὶ οὐ συνέμιξαν ἀλλήλοισ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 14:20)
  • καὶ οὗτοι ψαλτῳδοὶ ἄρχοντεσ τῶν πατριῶν τῶν Λευιτῶν, διατεταγμέναι ἐφημερίαι, ὅτι ἡμέρα καὶ νὺξ ἐπ̓ αὐτοῖσ ἐν τοῖσ ἔργοισ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 9:33)
  • καὶ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ εἶπα τῷ λαῷ. ἕκαστοσ μετὰ τοῦ νεανίσκου αὐτοῦ αὐλίσθητε ἐν μέσῳ Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἔστω ὑμῖν ἡ νὺξ προφυλακὴ καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἔργον. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 4:16)
  • ἡμέρα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐρεύγεται ῥῆμα, καὶ νὺξ νυκτὶ ἀναγγέλλει γνῶσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 18:3)

Synonyms

  1. night

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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