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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

  • οὕτωσ κἀγὼ ὑπέμεινα μῆνασ κενούσ, νύκτεσ δὲ ὀδυνῶν δεδομέναι μοί εἰσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 7:3)
  • εὐλογεῖτε, νύκτεσ καὶ ἡμέραι τὸν Κύριον. ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰσ τοὺσ αἰῶνασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 3:68)
  • ἀλλ’, ὦ κατάπυγον, οἰεί τοσοῦτον μανδραγόραν κατακεχύσθαι αὐτοῦ ὡσ ταῦτα μὲν ἀκούειν, ἐκεῖνα δὲ μὴ εἰδέναι, οἱο͂σ μέν σου ὁ μεθ’ ἡμέραν βίοσ, οἱοῖ δέ σοι πότοι, ὁποῖαι δὲ νύκτεσ καὶ οἱοίσ καὶ ἡλίκοισ συγκαθεύδεισ; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 23:1)
  • μακάρων τοι νύκτεσ ἐάσιν· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 83:4)
  • "χειμερινὸσ ὄνειροσ, ὅτε μήκισταὶ εἰσιν αἱ νύκτεσ, ἢ τάχα που τριέσπεροσ, ὥσπερ ὁ Ἡρακλῆσ, καὶ αὐτόσ ἐστι. (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. night

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