nox

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Latin nox (“night; darkness”), by analogy with lux from Latin lūx (“light; daylight, day”). Doublet of night.

She is said to be the daughter of Nox and Oceanus. — Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients, Francis Bacon
This fact, Hansen considers, explains the otherwise unintelligible passage of Ennius quoted above: instead of saying et nox, he should have said et simul nox, "and immediately it was night." — The Story of Eclipses, George F. (George Frederick) Chambers
Chapter the Eleventh NOX ALBA Charles was tempted to deprive himself of sleep for the pleasure of bedabbling his pale silk stockings with dew, but vanity killed romance and the fresh light enchanted a still unruffled couch. — The Passionate Elopement, Compton MacKenzie

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