nox

See also Nox, and NOx

Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /noks/

Etymology

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

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

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.

Synonyms

• (darkness): creperum

Antonyms

• (night): diēs

Descendants

Aragonese: nueit Aromanian: noapte Asturian: nueche Campidanese Sardinian: noti Catalan: nit Corsican: notte Dalmatian: nuat Emilian: nôt Esperanto: nokto French: nuit Friulian: gnot

Galician: noite Haitian Creole: nwit Ido: nokto Interlingua: nocte Istriot: nuoto, noto Italian: notte Jèrriais: niet Ladino: noche Logudorese Sardinian: note Middle French: nuyt Occitan: nuèit, nuèch Old French: nuit, noit

Old Portuguese: noite Old Provençal: noit Piedmontese: neuit Portuguese: noite Romanian: noapte Romansch: not, notg Sardinian: noti, notti Sicilian: notti Spanish: noche Venetian: note Walloon: nute

Related terms

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