Latin

Pronunciation

• /nɔks/

Etymology

Noun

1. night (period of time)

   Nox pars obscura diei est.

   The night is a dim part of the day.

2. darkness
3. A dream
4. confusion
5. ignorance
6. death

Inflection

Antonyms

• dīēs

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Related terms

• de nocte
• prima nocte (early in the morning)
• multa nocte (late at night)

• Nox (mythology), the primordial goddess of the night in Greek mythology
• Nox (Stargate), a race in the television series Stargate SG-1
• Nox (video game), a video game developed by Westwood Studios
• Nox (band), a band from Hungary
• Nox (Marvel Comics), a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe, based loosely on the Nyx of Greek mythology
• Lars Spuybroek or NOX, a Dutch architect and artist
• NOx, a type of nitrogen oxide
• Nox, a fictional character appearing in the Incarnations of Immortality series of novels
• Nox, a non-SI unit of illuminance, equal to 1/1000 lux
• Nox, a spell in the Harry Potter books