Latin noun
nox
nox, noctis f.
nox is a Latin noun. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “night”.
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from nox to the words it goes with.
Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning, one day.
Noctem: completes tenebras.
Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Suns are able to set and rise again: for us, when once the brief light has set, there is one perpetual night to be slept through.
nox: subject of dormienda.
Quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consili ceperis quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris?
Whom of us do you think is ignorant of what you did last night, what you did the night before, where you were, whom you called together, what counsel you took?
nocte: tells how, where or when about egeris.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| nocte | Ablative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| noctem | Accusative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| nox | Nominative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to nox by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the ablativeThe Latin ablative says by what, with what, from where and in what respect. Its main uses and endings, with real lines from Caesar, Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.