μεσο-νύκτιος, ον,
of or at midnight, ἔκλειψις [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 367b26; ὥρα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.31, compare “Anacreontea” 31.1: with a Verb, μεσονύκτιον δέξασθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]l.7(6).5; μ. ὠλλύμαν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 914 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter as adverb, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.69 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: as substantive μεσο-νύκτιον, τό, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.48, LXX.Judg.16.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 43, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 26, Vett. Val. 339.6; κατὰ τὸ μ. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.42, NT.Act.16.25; μεσονυκτίου ] NT+5th c.BC+]at midnight, [[NT.Mark.13.35 ] NT]; μεσονύκτου seems to be falsa lectio in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Sotion Paradoxographus p.185 W.—poetical word _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 36] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—the spelling μεσᾰνύκτιον is variant in [[ NT.Mark.13.35, compare “POxy.” 1768.6 (3rd c.AD). ] NT+3rd c.AD+]