night

Greek Noun Female

νύξ genitive νυκτός, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for לַיִל;] night: Mat.12:40, Mrk.6:48, Jhn.13:30, al; genitive temp. (of the time within which something happens; M, Pr., 73; B1, § 36, 13), νυκτός, by night, Mat.2:14, Jhn.3:2, 1Th.5:7, al; ν. κ. ἡμέρας, Mrk.5:5, 1Th.2:9, al; ἡμέρας κ. ν, Luk.18:7, Rev.4:8, al; μέσης ν, Mat.25:6; dative, νυκτί, in ans. to the question, "when?" (rare in cl; Hdt, Soph.), ταύτῃ τ. ν, Luk.12:20, al; ἐκείνῃ Act.12:6; ἐπιούσῃ, Act.23:11; accusative durat. (Bl, § 34, 8; Kühner3, III, 314b), ν. κ. ἠμέραν, Luk.2:37 Act.20:31; τ. νύκτας, Luk.21:37; διὰ νυκτός (= cl. νυκτός; Bl, § 42, 1; 46, 7), Act.5:19 16:9 17:10 23:31; δι᾽ ὅλης ν, Luk.5:5; κατὰ μέσον τῆς ν. (Bl, § 47, 6), Act.27:27. Metaphorical: Jhn.9:4, Rom.13:12, 1Th.5:5 (AS)

night

Greek Noun Female

νύξ, νυκτός, ἡ, night: either generally, mght-season (opposed to day), or a night, ν. ἀμβροσίη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ν. ὀλοή[Refs 8th c.BC+], III; νυκτός by night, as adverb, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νυκτὸς ἔτι while it was still night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄκρας ν. at dead of night, [Refs]night-fall, [Refs 4th c.BC+] on the verge of dawn, [Refs]; ἀωρὶ νυκτός, τῶν νυκτῶν, see at {ἀωρί}: in plural, τῶν νυκτῶν at nights, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νύκτα the night long, νύκτα φυλάσσειν to watch the night through, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Attic dialect, ὅλην τὴν ν. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νύκτα ἡμέραν ποιούμενος ἀπόστειλον (κατάπεμψον), i. e. without delay, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μέσαι νύκτες midnight, [Refs 7th c.BC+] 2) frequently with Preps, ἀνὰ νύκτα by night, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ν. all night through, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς νύκτα, εἰς τὴν ν, towards night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν νυττί (νυκτί), opposed to πεδ᾽ ἀμέραν, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κατὰ νύκτα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ νύκτα to wards nightfall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ νύκτας by night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν καὶ διὰ νυκτός all through the night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ νυκτός after nightfall, [LXX+6th c.BC+]; πόρρω τῶν νυκτῶν far into the night, [Refs]; ἐπὶ νυκτί by night, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) in plural, watches of the night, [Refs]; three such, παροίχωκεν δὲ πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων, τριτάτη δ᾽ ἔτι μοῖρα λέλειπται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τρίχα νυκτὸς ἔην, for τρίτον μέρος τῆς νυκτὸς ἦν, it was the third watch, i. e. next before morning, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) metaphorically of darkness, νυκτὶ καλύψαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.2) metaphorically of death, ἀμφὶ δὲ ὄσσε κελαινὴ ν. ἐκάλυψε [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.3) in Comparisons, of anything dark and direful, νυκτὶ ἐοικώς like night, of Apollo in his wrath, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τάδε νυκτὶ ἐΐσκει what is here he like ns to night, [Refs]; ὀλεθρία ν, of a great calamity, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) Νύξ as proper name, the goddess of Night, [Refs 8th c.BC+] IV) the night- or evening-quarter of heaven, the West, πρὸς νυκτός [Refs]nox, Lithuanian naktis, Gothic nahts, etc.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

"night" (literally or figuratively); (mid-)night; a primary word