"νύξ" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /nýks/, /nyks/, /niks/, /nýks/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /nyks/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /nyks/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /nyks/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /niks/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *nokʷts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognates include Latin nox, Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti) and Old English niht (English night). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*nokʷts}} Proto-Hellenic *nokʷts, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*nókʷts}} Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts, {{cog|la|nox}} Latin nox, {{cog|sa|नक्ति|tr=nákti}} Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), {{cog|ang|niht}} Old English niht, {{cog|en|night}} English night Head templates: {{grc-noun|νῠκτός|f|third|head=νῠ́ξ}} νῠ́ξ • (núx) f (genitive νῠκτός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νῠ́ξ|νῠκτός|form=F}} Forms: νῠ́ξ [canonical], núx [romanization], νῠκτός [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ νῠ́ξ [nominative, singular], τὼ νῠ́κτε [dual, nominative], αἱ νῠ́κτες [nominative, plural], τῆς νῠκτός [genitive, singular], τοῖν νῠκτοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν νῠκτῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ νῠκτῐ́ [dative, singular], τοῖν νῠκτοῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς νῠξῐ́ [dative, plural], νῠξῐ́ν [dative, plural], taîs nuxí [dative, plural], taîs nuxín [dative, plural], τὴν νῠ́κτᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ νῠ́κτε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς νῠ́κτᾰς [accusative, plural], νῠ́ξ [singular, vocative], νῠ́κτε [dual, vocative], νῠ́κτες [plural, vocative]
  1. night Categories (topical): Times of day
    Sense id: en-νύξ-grc-noun-F2Rz1zEz Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Derived forms: νυκταλωπία (nuktalōpía), νυκτάλωψ (nuktálōps), νυκτερίς (nukterís), νυκτηγορέω (nuktēgoréō), νυκτηγορία (nuktēgoría), νυκτηρεφής (nuktērephḗs), νυκτίβρομος (nuktíbromos), νυκτίπλαγκτος (nuktíplanktos), νυκτιπλανής (nuktiplanḗs), νυκτιπόλος (nuktipólos), νυκτίσεμνος (nuktísemnos), νυκτιφαής (nuktiphaḗs), νυκτίφαντος (nuktíphantos), νυκτίφοιτος (nuktíphoitos), νυχθήμερον (nukhthḗmeron), νυχθήμερος (nukhthḗmeros), νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ (nuktophúlax), παννύχιος (pannúkhios)

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "el",
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            "3": "νύκτα",
            "4": "νύχτα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: νυξ (nyx), νύκτα (nýkta), νύχτα (nýchta)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: νυξ (nyx), νύκτα (nýkta), νύχτα (nýchta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-ita",
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          },
          "expansion": "Italiot Greek: νύφτα",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italiot Greek: νύφτα"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-mar",
            "2": "ны́хта"
          },
          "expansion": "Mariupol Greek: ны́хта (nýxta)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mariupol Greek: ны́хта (nýxta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "tsd",
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Tsakonian: νιούτθα (nioúttha)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*nokʷts"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "nox"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nox",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "नक्ति",
        "tr": "nákti"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English niht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "night"
      },
      "expansion": "English night",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "νῠ́ξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "núx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "νῠκτός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ νῠ́ξ",
      "roman": "hē núx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νῠ́κτε",
      "roman": "tṑ núkte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ νῠ́κτες",
      "roman": "hai núktes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς νῠκτός",
      "roman": "tês nuktós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νῠκτοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn nuktoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν νῠκτῶν",
      "roman": "tôn nuktôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νῠκτῐ́",
      "roman": "têi nuktí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νῠκτοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn nuktoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς νῠξῐ́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠξῐ́ν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs nuxí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs nuxín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νῠ́κτᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn núkta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νῠ́κτε",
      "roman": "tṑ núkte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νῠ́κτᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s núktas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠ́ξ",
      "roman": "núx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠ́κτε",
      "roman": "núkte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠ́κτες",
      "roman": "núktes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "νῠ́ξ"
      },
      "expansion": "νῠ́ξ • (núx) f (genitive νῠκτός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῠ́ξ",
        "2": "νῠκτός",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Times of day",
          "orig": "grc:Times of day",
          "parents": [
            "Periodic occurrences",
            "Timekeeping",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "nuktalōpía",
          "word": "νυκταλωπία"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktálōps",
          "word": "νυκτάλωψ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nukterís",
          "word": "νυκτερίς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktēgoréō",
          "word": "νυκτηγορέω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktēgoría",
          "word": "νυκτηγορία"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktērephḗs",
          "word": "νυκτηρεφής"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktíbromos",
          "word": "νυκτίβρομος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktíplanktos",
          "word": "νυκτίπλαγκτος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktiplanḗs",
          "word": "νυκτιπλανής"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktipólos",
          "word": "νυκτιπόλος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktísemnos",
          "word": "νυκτίσεμνος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktiphaḗs",
          "word": "νυκτιφαής"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktíphantos",
          "word": "νυκτίφαντος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktíphoitos",
          "word": "νυκτίφοιτος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nukhthḗmeron",
          "word": "νυχθήμερον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nukhthḗmeros",
          "word": "νυχθήμερος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuktophúlax",
          "word": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pannúkhios",
          "word": "παννύχιος"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night"
      ],
      "id": "en-νύξ-grc-noun-F2Rz1zEz",
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nýks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nýks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νύξ"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "nuktalōpía",
      "word": "νυκταλωπία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktálōps",
      "word": "νυκτάλωψ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nukterís",
      "word": "νυκτερίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktēgoréō",
      "word": "νυκτηγορέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktēgoría",
      "word": "νυκτηγορία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktērephḗs",
      "word": "νυκτηρεφής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktíbromos",
      "word": "νυκτίβρομος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktíplanktos",
      "word": "νυκτίπλαγκτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktiplanḗs",
      "word": "νυκτιπλανής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktipólos",
      "word": "νυκτιπόλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktísemnos",
      "word": "νυκτίσεμνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktiphaḗs",
      "word": "νυκτιφαής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktíphantos",
      "word": "νυκτίφαντος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktíphoitos",
      "word": "νυκτίφοιτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nukhthḗmeron",
      "word": "νυχθήμερον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nukhthḗmeros",
      "word": "νυχθήμερος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktophúlax",
      "word": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pannúkhios",
      "word": "παννύχιος"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "νυξ",
            "3": "νύκτα",
            "4": "νύχτα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: νυξ (nyx), νύκτα (nýkta), νύχτα (nýchta)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: νυξ (nyx), νύκτα (nýkta), νύχτα (nýchta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-ita",
            "2": "νύφτα"
          },
          "expansion": "Italiot Greek: νύφτα",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italiot Greek: νύφτα"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-mar",
            "2": "ны́хта"
          },
          "expansion": "Mariupol Greek: ны́хта (nýxta)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mariupol Greek: ны́хта (nýxta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsd",
            "2": "νιούτθα"
          },
          "expansion": "Tsakonian: νιούτθα (nioúttha)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tsakonian: νιούτθα (nioúttha)"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "night"
      },
      "expansion": "English night",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *nokʷts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognates include Latin nox, Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti) and Old English niht (English night).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "νῠ́ξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "núx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ νῠ́ξ",
      "roman": "hē núx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νῠ́κτε",
      "roman": "tṑ núkte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ νῠ́κτες",
      "roman": "hai núktes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς νῠκτός",
      "roman": "tês nuktós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νῠκτοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn nuktoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν νῠκτῶν",
      "roman": "tôn nuktôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νῠκτῐ́",
      "roman": "têi nuktí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νῠκτοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn nuktoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς νῠξῐ́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠξῐ́ν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs nuxí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs nuxín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νῠ́κτᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn núkta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νῠ́κτε",
      "roman": "tṑ núkte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νῠ́κτᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s núktas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠ́ξ",
      "roman": "núx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠ́κτε",
      "roman": "núkte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠ́κτες",
      "roman": "núktes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῠκτός",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "νῠ́ξ"
      },
      "expansion": "νῠ́ξ • (núx) f (genitive νῠκτός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῠ́ξ",
        "2": "νῠκτός",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 1-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
        "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "grc:Times of day"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nýks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nýks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νύξ"
}

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