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Strong's #3571 - νύξ
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νύξ, νυκτός, ἡ,
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1. 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 Att., ὅλην τὴν ν. Pherecr. 177, Amphis 20.4; 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, PSI 5.514.3 (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, HG 4.6.7; ἐν νυττί (νυκτί), opp. πεδ' ἀμέραν, Leg.Gort. 2.14, SIG 527.40 (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, LXX Isaiah 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
1. 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. the night- or evening-quarter of heaven, the West, πρὸς νυκτός ib. 275. (Cf. Lat. nox, Lith. naktis, Goth. nahts, etc.)
νύξ ,
gen. νυκτός , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3915;]
night: Matthew 12:40, Mark 6:48, John 13:30, al.; gen. temp. (of the time within which something happens; M, Pr., 73; B1., § 36, 13), νυκτός , by night, Matthew 2:14, John 3:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:7, al.; ν . κ . ἡμέρας , Mark 5:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, al.; ἡμέρας κ . ν ., Luke 18:7, Revelation 4:8, al.; μέσης ν ., Matthew 25:6; dat., νυκτί , in ans. to the question, "when?" (rare in cl.; Hdt., Soph.), ταύτῃ τ . ν ., Luke 12:20, al.; ἐκείνῃ Acts 12:6; ἐπιούσῃ , Acts 23:11; acc durat. (Bl., § 34, 8; Kühner3, III, 314b), ν . κ . ἠμέραν , Luke 2:37 Acts 20:31; τ . νύκτας , Luke 21:37; διὰ νυκτός (= cl. νυκτός ; Bl., § 42, 1; 46, 7), Acts 5:19; Acts 16:9; Acts 17:10; Acts 23:31; δι᾿ ὅλης ν ., Luke 5:5; κατὰ μέσον τῆς ν . (Bl., § 47, 6), Acts 27:27. Metaph.: John 9:4, Romans 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:5.
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ὁμολογία is very common in our sources in the sense ";contract,"; ";agreement,"; e.g. P Eleph 2.2 (B.C. 285–4) συγγραφὴ καὶ ὁμολογία —the heading of a Will, P Ryl II. 178.13 (early i/A.D.) Τασεῦς Πετε ̣ε ̣ῦτος τέθειμαι τὴν ὁμολογίαν καὶ ἐκθρέψωι τὸ δουλικὸν σωμάτιον Θερμουθάριον ἐπὶ τὰ δύο ἔτηι, ";I, Taseus daughter of Peteeus have made the agreement and I will nurse the infant slave Thermoutharion for the two years"; (Edd.), ib. 161.6 (A.D. 71) κατὰ τήνδε τὴν ὁμολογίαν, ";in accordance with this agreement,"; P Fay 91.1 (A.D. 99) ὁμολ (ογία) Θενετκουεῖς πρὸ (ς) Λούκιο (ν), ";agreement of Thenetkoueis with Lucius,"; P Tebt II. 392.23 (A.D. 134–5) ἕτερα ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἡ ὁμολογεί [α ] περιέχει, ";other items according to the terms of the agreement"; (Edd.), P Oxy XIV. 1627.20 (A.D. 342) πρὸς δὲ ἀμεριμνίαν σου τήνδε τὴν ὁμολογίαν σοι ἐξεδόμην, ";and for your security I have issued to you this contract";(Edd.). and from the inscrr. Syll 214.30 (iii/B.C.) τὴν περὶ τῆς συμμαχίας ὁμολογίαν ἥκουσι κομίζοντες. For ὁμολόγημα. a see P Strass I. 40.27 (A.D. 569) with the editor’s note. Ὁμόλογος is a technical term for a labourer working under a contract, cf. e.g. Ostr 413.2 (A.D. 63) (= LAE, p 105, where Deissmann compares Matthew 20:1-16, 1 Corinthians 9:7), and for ὁμόλογος γῆ, with reference to land of which the liability was ";agreed upon,"; see P Ryl II. p. 286 f.
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