νύξ

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

νῠ́ξ (núxf (genitive νῠκτός); third declension

  1. night

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References[edit]

  • 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018