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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

  • ἐπότισαν δὲ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν οἶνον ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα ἡ πρεσβυτέρα ἐκοιμήθη μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτῆσ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ἐν τῷ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτὸν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀναστῆναι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:33)
  • ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ ἐπαύριον καὶ εἶπεν ἡ πρεσβυτέρα πρὸσ τὴν νεωτέραν. ἰδοὺ ἐκοιμήθην χθὲσ μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἡμῶν. ποτίσωμεν αὐτὸν οἶνον καὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ, καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα κοιμήθητι μετ̓ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξαναστήσωμεν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἡμῶν σπέρμα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:34)
  • ἐπότισαν δὲ καὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν οἶνον, καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα ἡ νεωτέρα ἐκοιμήθη μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτῆσ, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ἐν τῷ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτὸν καὶ ἀναστῆναι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:35)
  • καὶ ὤφθη αὐτῷ Κύριοσ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ καὶ εἶπεν. ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεὸσ Ἁβραὰμ τοῦ πατρόσ σου. μὴ φοβοῦ. μετὰ σοῦ γάρ εἰμι καὶ εὐλογήσω σε καὶ πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου δἰ Ἁβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:24)

Synonyms

  1. night

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