νύξ

See also: Νύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognates include Latin nox, Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti) and Old English niht (English night).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νῠ́ξ • (núx) f (genitive νῠκτός); third declension

  1. night

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ νῠ́ξ; τῆς νῠκτός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νῠ́ξ
hē núx		 τὼ νῠ́κτε
tṑ núkte		 αἱ νῠ́κτες
hai núktes
Genitive τῆς νῠκτός
tês nuktós		 τοῖν νῠκτοῖν
toîn nuktoîn		 τῶν νῠκτῶν
tôn nuktôn
Dative τῇ νῠκτῐ́
têi nuktí		 τοῖν νῠκτοῖν
toîn nuktoîn		 ταῖς νῠξῐ́ / νῠξῐ́ν
taîs nuxí(n)
Accusative τὴν νῠ́κτᾰ
tḕn núkta		 τὼ νῠ́κτε
tṑ núkte		 τᾱ̀ς νῠ́κτᾰς
tā̀s núktas
Vocative νῠ́ξ
núx		 νῠ́κτε
núkte		 νῠ́κτες
núktes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • νυκταλωπία (nuktalōpía)
  • νυκτάλωψ (nuktálōps)
  • νυκτερίς (nukterís)
  • νυκτηγορέω (nuktēgoréō)
  • νυκτηγορία (nuktēgoría)
  • νυκτηρεφής (nuktērephḗs)
  • νυκτίβρομος (nuktíbromos)
  • νυκτίπλαγκτος (nuktíplanktos)
  • νυκτιπλανής (nuktiplanḗs)
  • νυκτιπόλος (nuktipólos)
  • νυκτίσεμνος (nuktísemnos)
  • νυκτιφαής (nuktiphaḗs)
  • νυκτίφαντος (nuktíphantos)
  • νυκτίφοιτος (nuktíphoitos)
  • νυχθήμερον (nukhthḗmeron)
  • νυχθήμερος (nukhthḗmeros)
  • παννύχιος (pannúkhios)

Descendants

References
  • νύξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
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