Leg.Gort. 2.14 , SIG 527.40 (Dreros,iii B.C.) ; κατὰ νύκτα
Ar. Fr. 561
(lyr.) ;ὑπὸ νύκταto wardsnightfall,
Th. 4.67 , X. Ages. 2.19 ;μετὰ νύκταςbynight,
Pi. N. 6.6 ;μεθ' ἡμέραν καὶ διὰ νυκτόςall throughthe night,
Pl. Criti. 117e ;ἐκ νυκτόςafternightfall,
X. Cyr. 1.4.2 , LXX Is. 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 νυκτῶνfar intothe night,
Id. Smp. 217d , Prt. 310c ;ἐπὶ νυκτίbynight,
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.,watchesof the night, ib. 256 ; three such, παροίχωκεν δὲ πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων, τριτάτη δ' ἔτι μοῖρα λέλειπται
Il. 10.252
;τρίχα νυκτὸς ἔην,forτρίτον μέρος τῆς νυκτὸς ἦν,it was the third watch, i. e. next before morning, Od. 12.312 .
II. 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 ἐί̈σκειwhat is here helikensto night,
20.362 ;ὀλεθρία ν.,of a great calamity, S. OC 1684 (lyr.).
