νύξ

νύξ, νυκτός, ἡ,

A night : either generally, mght-season (opp. day), or a night,

ν. ἀμβροσίη Il.24.363

;

ν. ἄμβροτος Od.11.330

; but ν. ὀλοή ib.19, Il.16.567, cf. infr. Il. 3, III ; νυκτός by night, as Adv., Od. 13.278, etc. ;

οὔτε ν. οὔτ' ἐξ ἡμέρας S.El.780

; νυκτὸς ἔτι while it was still night, Hdt.9.10 ; also

τῆς νυκτός Alex.78.3

, 148 ;

ν. τῆσδε S. Aj.21

; ἄκρας ν. at dead of night, ib.285 (but ἄκρῃ νυκτί at night-fall, Arat.775, ἀκρόθι νυκτός on the verge of dawn, Id.308) ; ἀωρὶ νυκτός, τῶν νυκτῶν, v. ἀωρί : in pl.,

τῶν νυκτῶν

at nights,

Ar.Ec.668

: rarely,

νυκτί Hdt.7.12

;

ν. τῇδε S.El.644

; νύκτα the night long, νύκτα φυλάσσειν to watch the night through, Il.10.312, Od.5.466 : pl.,

νύκτας ἰαύειν Il.9.325

, Od.5.154, etc. ; δύω νύκτας, τρεῖς ν., ib.388, 17.515 : in [dialect] Att.,

ὅλην τὴν ν. Pherecr.177

, Amphis20.4 ;

τὴν νύχθ' ὅλην Eub.3

;

τὰς νύκτας Diph.32.14

;

ὅλας γε καὶ πάσας τὰς ν. X.Smp.4.54

;

νύκτας τε καὶ ἦμαρ Il.5.490

;

νύκτας τε καὶ ἡμέρας Pl.Tht.151a

;

οὔτε νύκτ' οὔθ' ἡμέραν E.Ba.187

;

τὴν νύχθ' ὅλην τήν θ' ἡμέραν Eub.53.1

; νύκτα ἡμέραν ποιούμενος ἀπόστειλον (κατάπεμψον) , i. e. without delay, PCair.Zen.314.7, PSI5.514.3 (both iii B. C.) ;

μέσαι νύκτες

midnight,

Sapph.52

, Pl.R.621b ;

περὶ μ. νύκτας X.An.7.8.12

;

ἐν μέσῳ νυκτῶν Id.Cyr.5.3.52

;

πρωΐτερον μέσων νυκτῶν Th.8.101

;

ἔξω μέσων ν. D.54.26

.

2 freq. with Preps., ἀνὰ νύκτα by night, Il.14.80 ; ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ν. all night through, Paus.1.32.4 ;

διὰ νύκτα Od.19.66

, etc. ; εἰς νύκτα, εἰς τὴν ν., towards night, X.Cyn.11.4, HG4.6.7 ; ἐν νυττί (νυκτί) , opp. πεδ' ἀμέραν, Leg.Gort.2.14, SIG527.40 (Dreros, iii B.C.) ;

κατὰ νύκτα Ar.Fr. 561

(lyr.) ; ὑπὸ νύκτα to wards nightfall, Th.4.67, X.Ages.2.19 ; μετὰ νύκτας by night, Pi.N.6.6 ; μεθ' ἡμέραν καὶ διὰ νυκτός all through the night, Pl.Criti.117e ; ἐκ νυκτός after nightfall, X.Cyr.1.4.2, LXXIs. 26.9, etc. ;

ἐκ πολλῆς ἔτι νυκτός D.H.6.67

;

ἐκ νυκτῶν Thgn.460

, A. Ch.287, E.Rh.13, 17 (both anap.) ;

ἐκ νυκτὸς εἰς νύκτα Pl.Ax.368b

; πόρρω τῶν νυκτῶν far into the night, Id.Smp.217d, Prt.310c ; ἐπὶ νυκτί by night, Il.8.529 ;

ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ αἱ δ' ἐπὶ νυκτί Hes.Op.102

;

ἐν νυκτί A. Ag.653

, X.Smp.1.9, etc. ;

ὀψίᾳ ἐν ν. Pi.I.4(3).36

;

ἐν ν. τῇ νῦν S.Ant. 16

;

νύκτεσσιν ἔν θ' ἁμέραις Pi.P.4.130

.

3 in pl., watches of the night, ib.256 ; three such,

παροίχωκεν δὲ πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων, τριτάτη δ' ἔτι μοῖρα λέλειπται Il.10.252

; τρίχα νυκτὸς ἔην, for τρίτον μέρος τῆς νυκτὸς ἦν, it was the third watch, i. e. next before morning, Od.12.312.

II metaph. of darkness,

νυκτὶ καλύψαι Il.5.23

, cf. Od. 20.351, etc.

2 metaph. of death,

ἀμφὶ δὲ ὄσσε κελαινὴ ν. ἐκάλυψε Il.5.310

, al. ;

ν. Ἅιδης τε S.Aj.660

.

3 in Comparisons, of anything dark and direful, νυκτὶ ἐοικώς like night, of Apollo in his wrath, Il.1.47, cf. 12.463, Od.11.606 ; τάδε νυκτὶ ἐΐσκει what is here he like ns to night, 20.362 ; ὀλεθρία ν., of a great calamity, S.OC 1684(lyr.).

III Νύξ as pr. n., the goddess of Night, Il.14.259, Hes.Op.17,Th.123,211 ; N. ὀλοή ib.224.

IV the night- or evening-quarter of heaven, the West, πρὸς νυκτός ib.275. (Cf. Lat. nox, Lith. naktis, Goth. nahts, etc.)