νύξ

See also: Νύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *nuks, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognates include Latin nox, Sanskrit नक्त् (nákt), Old Church Slavonic нощь (noštĭ), Albanian natë and Old English niht (whence English night).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nýks/ → /ˈnyks/ → /ˈniks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nýks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈniks/

Noun

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

1. night

Declension

Third declension of ἡ νῠ́ξ; τῆς νῠκτός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῠ́ξ hē nŭ́x	τὼ νῠ́κτε tṑ nŭ́kte	αἱ νῠ́κτες hai nŭ́ktes
Genitive	τῆς νῠκτός tês nŭktós	τοῖν νῠκτοῖν toîn nŭktoîn	τῶν νῠκτῶν tôn nŭktôn
Dative	τῇ νῠκτῐ́ tēî nŭktĭ́	τοῖν νῠκτοῖν toîn nŭktoîn	ταῖς νῠξῐ́ / νῠξῐ́ν taîs nŭxĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν νῠ́κτᾰ tḕn nŭ́ktă	τὼ νῠ́κτε tṑ nŭ́kte	τᾱ̀ς νῠ́κτᾰς tā̀s nŭ́ktăs
Vocative	νῠ́ξ nŭ́x	νῠ́κτε nŭ́kte	νῠ́κτες nŭ́ktes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νῠκτᾰλωπῐ́ᾱ (nŭktălōpĭ́ā)
• νῠκτᾰ́λωψ (nŭktắlōps)
• νῠκτερῐ́ς (nŭkterĭ́s)
• νῠκτηγορέω (nŭktēgoréō)
• νῠκτηγορῐ́ᾱ (nŭktēgorĭ́ā)
• νῠκτηρεφής (nŭktērephḗs)
• νῠκτῐ́βρομος (nŭktĭ́bromos)
• νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γος (nŭktĭlăthraiophắgos)
• νῠκτῐ́πλᾱγκτος (nŭktĭ́plānktos)
• νῠκτῐπλᾰνής (nŭktĭplănḗs)
• νῠκτῐπόλος (nŭktĭpólos)
• νῠκτῐ́σεμνος (nŭktĭ́semnos)
• νῠκτῐφᾰής (nŭktĭphăḗs)
• νῠκτῐ́φᾰντος (nŭktĭ́phăntos)
• νῠκτῐ́φοιτος (nŭktĭ́phoitos)
• νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ (nŭktophŭ́lăx)
• νῠ́κτωρ (nŭ́ktōr)
• νῠχθήμερον (nŭkhthḗmeron)
• νῠχθήμερος (nŭkhthḗmeros)
• πᾰννῠ́χῐος (pănnŭ́khĭos)
• πᾰννῠχῐ́ς (pănnŭkhĭ́s)

Descendants

• Greek: νυξ (nyx), νύκτα (nýkta), νύχτα (nýchta)
• Italiot Greek: νύφτα (nýfta)
• Mariupol Greek: ны́хта (nýxta)
• Tsakonian: νιούτθα (nioúttha)

Further reading

• “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