νύξ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *nokʷts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (night). Cognates include Latin nox, Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), and Old English niht (whence English night).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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νῠ́ξ (núxf (genitive νῠκτός); third declension

  1. night

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • 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