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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nýks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /nyks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /nyks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nyks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /niks/
Noun
νῠ́ξ • (núx) f (genitive νῠκτός); third declension
Inflection
| 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(ν) 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
Terms derived from νύξ (núx)
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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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