νύξ
See also: Νύξ
See also: νύκτωρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *nukts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognates include Latin nox, Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), Old Church Slavonic нощь (noštĭ), Albanian natë and Old English niht (whence English night).[1]
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 • (nŭ́x) f (genitive νῠκτός); third declension
Declension
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- νυκταλωπία (nuktalōpía)
- νυκτάλωψ (nuktálōps)
- νυκτερίς (nukterís)
- νυκτηγορέω (nuktēgoréō)
- νυκτηγορία (nuktēgoría)
- νυκτηρεφής (nuktērephḗs)
- νυκτίβρομος (nuktíbromos)
- νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος (nuktilathraiophágos)
- νυκτίπλαγκτος (nuktíplanktos)
- νυκτιπλανής (nuktiplanḗs)
- νυκτιπόλος (nuktipólos)
- νυκτίσεμνος (nuktísemnos)
- νυκτιφαής (nuktiphaḗs)
- νυκτίφαντος (nuktíphantos)
- νυκτίφοιτος (nuktíphoitos)
- νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ (nŭktophŭ́lăx)
- νυχθήμερον (nukhthḗmeron)
- νυχθήμερος (nukhthḗmeros)
- παννύχιος (pannúkhios)
- παννυχίς (pannukhís)
Descendants
- Greek: νυξ (nyx), νύκτα (nýkta), νύχτα (nýchta)
- Italiot Greek: νύφτα (nýfta)
- Mariupol Greek: ны́хта (nýxta)
- Tsakonian: νιούτθα (nioúttha)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νύξ , νυκτός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1027
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