nox

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Inflection 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Descendants 1.3.5 Related terms

[edit] Latin

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɔks/

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognates include Ancient Greek νύξ (nuks), Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), Old English niht (English night) and Proto-Slavic *noktь.

[edit] Noun

nox (genitive noctis); f, third declension

1. night (period of time)

   Nox pars obscura diei est.

   The night is a dim part of the day.

2. darkness
3. A dream
4. (figuratively) confusion
5. (figuratively) ignorance
6. (figuratively) death

[edit] Inflection

Third declension, variation of i-stem base with two consonants (3:B2C).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	nox	noctēs
genitive	noctis	noctium
dative	noctī	noctibus
accusative	noctem	noctēs 1
ablative	nocte	noctibus
vocative	nox	noctēs

¹ May also be noctīs.

[edit] Synonyms

• (darkness): creperum

[edit] Antonyms

• (night): dīēs

[edit] Descendants

Aromanian: noapte Asturian: nueche Catalan: nit Esperanto: nokto French: nuit Galician: noite Ido: nokto Interlingua: nocte

Italian: notte Occitan: nuèit Portuguese: noite Romanian: noapte Romansch: not Sardinian: note Sicilian: notti Spanish: noche

[edit] Related terms

• de nocte
• prima nocte (early in the morning)
• multa nocte (late at night)