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Meaning of nox | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C2
[ˈnɔks]

Definitions

  1. Night (personification)
    declension-3, feminine, singular
  2. night (period of time)
    declension-3, feminine
  3. The goddess Nox
    declension-3, feminine, singular
  4. darkness
    declension-3, feminine
  5. a dream or sleep
    declension-3, feminine
  6. confusion
    declension-3, feminine, figuratively
  7. ignorance
    declension-3, feminine, figuratively
  8. death
    declension-3, feminine, figuratively

Equivalents

English darkness dream night

Examples

“media nox”

midnight

“Nox pars obscūra diēī est.”

Night is the dim part of the day.

“Silentio noctis”

By the silence of night

“29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneid 4.530”
“8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 6.472”

CEFR level

C2
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