〈—〉 grḥ ‘night’
〈—〉 rhwy ‘night’
〈GI₆〉 mūšu ‘night’
〈νυκτερινός〉 nukterinos ‘of night’
〈νυχθήμερον〉 nuchthēmeron ‘day-and-night’
νύξ
nux
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-02-26| Primary meaning | night |
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| Literal translation | night |
| Variants | νύξ nux νοῖξ noix rare |
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night time interval
(...) ἔστι δὲ ἡ μεγίστη νὺξ κατὰ τὸ ἐν Ῥόδῳ κλίμα ὡρῶν ἰσημερινῶν ιδʹ 𐅶.
‘(...) and the longest night corresponding with the clime in Rhodes contains 14½ equinoctial hours.’
Γένεσις Ἀπίας. (ἔτους) αʹ Κάρου καὶ Καρίνου καὶ Νουμεριανοῦ, Παοῖνι κεʹ εἰς κϛʹ, νοικτὸς ὅρᾳ δʹ.
‘Nativity of Apia. Year 1 of Karos and Karinos and Noumerianos, Pauni 25th until 26th, hour 4 of the night.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). νύξ (Lemma #1276). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1276/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). νύξ (Lemma #1276). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1276/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). νύξ (Lemma #1276). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1276/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) νύξ (Lemma #1276), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1276/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1276,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {νύξ ({Lemma} #1276)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1276/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1276/},
}