nox
nox · noctes · noxes
The period of darkness in each twenty-four hoursThe period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night.
Meaning
2 sensesThe period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night.
(rare)Millilux (unit of illuminance)
More definitions
- Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nok⁽ʷ⁾ts, from Proto-Indo-European *nLearned borrowing from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nok⁽ʷ⁾ts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
From Latin nox (“night; darkness”), by analogy with lux from Latin lūx (“light; daylight, day”). Doublet of night.
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Forms
plural: noctes / noxes / noces / noxSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx:Night
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular