nox

ad multam noctem pugnatum est
the battle lasted until late at night

nox , noctis, f.: night, freq.; darkness, 1.89; dark cloud, black storm-cloud, 3.198; sleep, 4.530; death, 12.310; personif., Nox, Night, the goddess of night, 3.512.

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. νύξ; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, νέκυς], night.

• I Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.): ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur, in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.): quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset, id. Rep. 1, 15, 23: dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum, id. ib. 3, 2, 3: Milo mediā nocte in campum venit, id. Att. 4, 3, 4: omni nocte dieque, Juv. 3, 105: de nocte, by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69: multā de nocte profectus est, late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and: vigilare de nocte, id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.): multā nocte veni ad Pompeium, id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2: qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem, id. Rep. 6, 10, 10: ad multam noctem pugnatum est, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: sub noctem naves solvit, id. B. C. 1, 28: noctes et dies urgeri, night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.: qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.): concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc., id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—
• • • • • β Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so, hac noctu, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 116 (268): noctu hac, id. Mil. 2, 4, 28 (381): noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit, Macr. S. 1, 4 fin.—Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu; v. lux): in sereno noctu, Cato R. R. 156, 3.—
    • 2 In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Aether and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—
  • B Transf.
  • • 1 That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work (poet. and in post-class. prose): omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat, nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—
    • 2 Sleep, a dream (poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, Verg. A. 4, 530: talia vociferans noctem exturbabat, Stat. Th. 10, 219: abrupere oculi noctem, id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—
    • 3 In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21 (243); id. As. 1, 3, 42 (194); Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.: nox vidua, Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—
    • 4 Death (poet.): omnes una manet nox, Hor. C. 1, 28, 15: jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes, id. ib. 1, 4, 16: in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem, Verg. A. 10, 746.—
    • 5 Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest: quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet, Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6: carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio, Sen. Ep. 82, 16: taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā, Lucr. 4, 172: imber Noctem hiememque ferens, Verg. A. 3, 194: venturam melius praesagit navita noctem, Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598: veteris sub nocte cupressi, the shadow, id. 1, 774.—
    • 6 Blindness: perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus, Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —
    • 7 The shades below, the infernal regions: descendere nocti, Sil. 13, 708: noctis arbiter, i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—
• II Trop.
• • A Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition: doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse, Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.: rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset, id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: nox ingens scelerum, Luc. 7, 571.—
  • B Mental darkness, ignorance (poet.): quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent, Ov. M. 6, 472.—
  • • 2 Obscurity, unintelligibility: mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt, Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.
    • • • α Form nocte (rare but class.): luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: in campum nocte venire, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after: in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent, Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.: nec nocte nec interdiu, id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198: velut nocte in ignotis locis errans, Quint. 7 prol. 3.—
        • β Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.): noctuque et diu, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5 (818); so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27: continuum diu noctuque iter properabant, Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.: quā horā, noctu an interdiu, Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.: nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.: noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: noctu ad oppidum respicientes, id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1: noctu Jugurthae milites introducit, Sall. J. 12, 4: noctu profugere, id. ib. 106, 2: dum noctu stertit, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27: noctu litigare, Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—
        • γ Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. νυκτός, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.: hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox, Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 (597) Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 (864) Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

nox, noctis, f. (altindisch nákt-, griech. νύξ, gotisch nahts, ahd. naht), die Nacht, I) eig. u. übtr.: A) eig.: 1) im allg., die Nacht, Nachtzeit, oft auch der Abend, nox aestiva, Liv.: caeca, Cic. u.a.: crastina, Liv.: frigida, Hor.: gelida, Verg.: illunis, Plin. ep. u.a.: nox sideribus illustris, sternhelle, Tac.: intempesta, Ter. u. Cic.: maritalis, Ps. Quint. decl.: nuptialis, Serv.: nox omnibus noctibus nigrior densiorque, stockfinstere, Plin. ep.: perpes, Plaut. u. Spät.: proxima, Suet.: serena, Cic. poët: nox illa superior, Cic.: nox sublustris, Verg. u. Liv.: ultima illa nox (v. d. Sterbenacht), Sen. (vgl. nox illa, quae paene ultima atque aeterna nomini Romano fuerit, Liv.). – nocte, Ggstz. interdiu, Liv.: noctibus, Ggstz. interdiu, Fronto: nocte an interdiu, interdiu an nocte, interdiu nocte, Liv. – ante noctem, bei hellem, lichtem Tage, Hor.: per diem et inter (während) noctem, Gell.: sub noctem, Caes.: nocte (u. poet. nocti) od. de nocte, noch einen Teil der Nacht, noch vor Tagesanbruch, Cic.: multā nocte od. de multa nocte, in tiefer Nacht, Cic.: concubiā nocte, in tiefer Nacht, Cic.: obductā nocte, unter dem Schleier der N., Nep.: obtentā nocte, unter dem Zelte der N., Verg.: his iam contractioribus noctibus, Cic.: ad multam noctem, bis tief in die N., Caes.: primā nocte, mit Einbruch der N., Caes. u. Nep.: nocte mediā, Cic., od. de nocte media, Caes., um Mitternacht: priore nocte, in der vorgestrigen Nacht, Cic. – noctes diesque, Cic., dies noctesque, Cic., noctes et (atque) dies, Cic.: noctibus atque diebus, Sen., noctibus diebusque, Ps. Quint. decl.: diebus ac noctibus, Plin. pan. – agere totam eam noctem cum magno animi metu perpetuis vigiliis, Liv.: agere dies in terra, noctes in aqua (v. Krokodil), Plin.: agere noctem in castris, Tac.: agere noctem quietam, non insomnem, Tac.: ubi nox appetit, Liv.: appetere nox coepit, Sen.: ego iam aliquantum noctis assumo, nehme einen großen Teil der N. dazu (zum Schreiben), Cic.: se committere nocti, sich in die N. hinauswagen, Ov.: se conicere in noctem, unter dem Schutze der N. eilig abreisen, Cic.: naves in noctem coniectae, in die N. hinein verspätete, Caes.: conicere proelium in noctem, in die N. hineinziehen, Auct. b. Afr.: consumere biduum et tres noctes navigatione, Caes.: nox illa tota in exinaniunda nave consumitur, Cic.: conterere diei brevitatem conviviis, noctis longitudinem stupris et flagitiis, Cic.: ducere noctem ludo, Verg.: interdum iucundissimis sermonibus nox ducebatur, Plin. ep.: nec tranquillior nox diem tam foede actum excepit, Liv.: luci noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis, Cornif. rhet.: extrahere vigiliis noctes, Curt.: ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit, Cic.: habui noctem plenam timoris ac miseriae, Cic.: nox interdiu visa intendi, Liv.: nox nulla intercessit, Cic.: intermittere neque noctem neque diem, Caes.: nullam partem noctis iter intermittere, die ganze N. hindurch marschieren, Caes.: nox interposita saepe perturbat omnia, Cic.: actio noctis interventu scinditur, Plin. ep.: plures cecidissent, ni nox proelio intervenisset, Liv.: eā totā nocte continenter ire (marschieren), Caes.: diem ac noctem ire, Caes.: nox alqm opprimit, überrascht jmd., Cic.: eam noctem pervigilare, Cic.: cum iam nox processisset, Nep.: provecta nox erat, Tac.: convivium ad multam noctem quam maxime possumus vario sermone producimus, Cic.: de multa nocte proficisci, Cic.: nox alci supervenit, Curt.: his in vicem sermonibus quā cibi quā quietis immemor nox traducta est, Liv.: trahere noctem vario sermone, Verg.: vigilare proximā nocte, Cic., de multa nocte, Cic.: vigilata convivio nox, Tac.: quid hoc noctis venis? Liv. – Archaist. nox adv., zur Nachtzeit, bei Nacht (vgl. Gell. 8. lemm. 1), si nox furtim faxit, XII tabb. fr. b. Macr. sat. 1, 4, 19: si luci, si nox, Enn. ann. 431: hinc mediā remis Palinurum pervenio nox, Lucil. 127. – 2) personif., Nox, die Nachtgöttin, die ihren Sitz in der Unterwelt hatte, Verg. Aen. 5, 721. Tibull. 2, 1, 87. Val. Flacc. 3, 211. – B) übtr.: 1) meton.: a) die nächtliche Ruhe, der Schlaf, oculisve aut pectore noctem accipit, Verg.: nox Aenean somnusque reliquit, Verg.: talia vociferans noctem exturbabat, Stat. – b) die Arbeit bei Nacht, die Nachtar beit, hāc nostras exsolvat imagine noctes, Val. Flacc. 2, 219: noctes Atticae, bekannte Schrift des Gellius. – c) der Traum, Sil. 3, 216. – d) der nächtliche Beischlaf, Ter. u. Cic. – e) nächtliches Schwärmen, Nachtgeschrei, Prop. 4, 8, 60. – 2) übtr.: a) die Dunkelheit, Finsternis, eines Ortes, Sen.: auf dem Meere, Sturm, Prop.: bei Regenwetter, Verg. – b) der Schatten, veteris sub nocte cupressi, Val. Flacc. 1, 774. – c) die Unterwelt, Claud.: ire per umbram noctemque profundam, Verg. – d) die Todesnacht, der Tod, Hor. u. Verg. – e) die Nacht der Augen, Blindheit, Ov. met. 7, 2. Sen. b. Quint. 9, 2, 43. Ps. Quint. decl. 1, 6. – II) bildl.: 1) die Dunkelheit, Unverständlichkeit, mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt, Ov. Ib. 63. – 2) die Finsternis in der Seele, der Unverstand, animi, Ov. met. 6, 473. – 3) Dunkel, Verwirrung, traurige Umstände, haec rei publicae nox, Cic.: rei publicae offusa nox, Cic.: nox ingens scelerum, Lucan.

nox [CL] 1 night, time between sunset and sunrise. b darkness (partly personified); c (understood as something dark, unclear, unstable, or evil); d (fig.); e (as title of book); f (as sb. m.). si potest fieri candela ardeat ibi per singulas noctes Theod. Pen. II 1. 8; quem subnixis precibus unius noctis intercapidinem importune poposcerat Aldh. VirgP 47; eadem hora noctis qua ille viderat visionem V. Cuthb. I 5; TRE reddebat firmam unius noctis (Suss) DB I 20va; quando jejunavit quadraginta diebus et quadraginta noctibus Ailr. Serm. 31. 29; a1248 in crepusculo noctis (v. crepusculum a).  b omni insulae ita incumbit nox, ut omnes paene a via recta avertat Gildas EB 93; defectio solis ‥ et fuit nox hora diei vj Theod. Laterc. 10; nox ruit et tetro mundum velamine vallat Aldh. VirgV 628; Eumenides, filiae noctis, idest hegitissae Gl. Leid. 43. 53; nox prelium diremit, atiebus quasi ex coniventia discedentibus W. Malm. GR II 180; quia ubicumque filii noctis sunt, etiamsi sint cum filiis lucis, in media nocte sunt J. Ford Serm. 56. 9; 1209 R. statim levavit clamorem, et sequebatur eos donec nox ab eo illos abstulit (Eyre Salop) SelPlForest 8.  c quia cenaculum sit altitudo spiritalium charismatum; nox, obscuritas scripturarum Bede Acts 984; nox dicta quod noceat aspectibus vel negotiis humanis sive quod in ea fures latronesque nocendi aliis occasionem nanciscantur. est autem nox solis absentia terrarum umbra conditi Id. TR 7; hoc modo significat nox peccatum et dies virtutem T. Chobham Praed. 7.  d hec inter quid nox animi nisi continuatur? L. Durh. Dial. I 145; quia ‥ noctem ignorantie nostre diripuisti et opera tenebrarum redarguisti J. Ford Serm. 7. 5; lucis transmitte spiculum / quod cordis noctem abicit J. Howd. Cyth. 97. 10.  e quam refert idem A. Gellius Noctium Atticarum, libro primo R. Bury Phil. 3. 41.  f a806 (12c) unicuique anno de illa partum ac refectionem duorum noctium CS 324. 2 a (nocte, also w. de or in; cf. et. noctu) at or by night. b (nocte dieque, diem ac noctem) day and night, incessantly. a si per diem aliquid pecora tollent, in nocte redintegrari Comm. Cant. I 120; cepit nocte maritima loca circuire V. Cuthb. II 3; chantari, vermes qui cantant nocte sicut locuste Gl. Leid. 38. 5; in nocte ‥ possumus psallere et orare T. Chobham Praed. 29; de nocte permiserunt sex latrones intrare PlCrGlouc 19; nisi potuerint nocte redire ad propria, debent esse ad sumptus domini Cust. Battle 29.  b ergo diem ac noctem ponti sub gurgite mersus Aldh. CE 4. 2. 7; sunt aliique fame cruciati nocte dieque Wulf. Brev. 460. 3 a (media nox or meridies noctis) middle or noon of night, midnight. b (nox intempesta or soporata) the dead of night (v. et. intempestus 1a). a charadrion ‥ dicitur ipsa volare per medias noctes in sublimitatem caeli Comm. Cant. I 359; coepit ‥ circa mediam noctem clamare Bede HE IV 8; 1538 post merediem noctis in principio ejusdem diei (v. meridies 1b).  b nocte soporata, solus dum tempore quodam / anxia corda gerens curis loca congrua adivit Alcuin SS Ebor 94; intempestum vel intempesta nox, midniht Ælf. Sup. 175. 4 (gen. sg. or pl. as modifier, to designate something that occurs or is active at night) night-. cum Bethlehemitis pastoribus custodiens vigilias noctis supra gregem suum Gosc. Edith 40; nicticorax ‥ [MS f. 103vb: i. noctis corvus] dicimus etiam nicticorax, i. vigilans corvus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 370; quod dierum, non noctuum inducie forent Liv. Op. 376. 5 (feud.) a night’s provision (of food or sim.); b a night’s right of fishing (paid as tax). tunc reddidit hoc manerium x noctes de firma et x libras; modo reddit c libras ad pondus et c solidos de gersuma (Essex) DB II 5b; reddiderunt ij noctes de firma DB II 6; valet xx libras et j noctem mellis (Norf) DB II 111b.  b ad easdem ‥ piscarias pertinent tres quarte noctes super Lyveremere ‥ et sexta nox super Merchfen ‥ et tercius piscis de duodecima nocte (Cust. Ely) Terr. Fleet 169. 6 (med., filia noctis) pustule. pustule ‥ vocantur filie noctis (v. filia 7c). 7 (liturg.) eve. sacra nocte Dominici diei post celebratum nocturnarum horarum divinum offitium W. Malm. GR II 111; infirmarius benedicat ij candelas grossas ad celebrandum in sacra nocte Cust. Cant. Abbr. 271; natus est ‥ Christus nocte Dominica Eul. Hist. I 65; quod et factum est in nocte sancti Bricii Knighton I 9. 8 period from sunset to sunset (with intervening day). b (liturg., eccl. & mon. noctes tenebrarum) the triduum before Easter. quadraginta jacens noctes depressa dolore Alcuin SS Ebor 1139; si regem vel archiepiscopum requirat [fur] vel sanctam Dei ecclesiam, habeat novem noctes de termino, et querat quicquid querat, non habeat vitam diucius, de quo vere palam erit, nisi capi non possit (Quad.) GAS 172; si aliquis scienter eos [perjuros] detinuerit pro una nocte ‥ pro secunda ‥ pro tertia nocte (Leg. Ed. 18. 3) Ib. 644; 1375 dictum R. postea inde ejecit de domo sua vi et armis per tres noctes continuas, et dicunt quod est communis noctivagus et male fame et quod est communis webber Leet Norw. 67.  b a1251 in septimana ‥ Pascionis Domini proxima ante diem Dominice resurreccionis tribus noctibus que wlgari sermone appellantur noctes tenebrarum Reg. Ant. Linc. 1041 vol. III p. 368.

nox, (6) noctis, f. (νύξ), ¶ 1 nuit : noctem efficere Cic. Nat. 2, 49, produire la huit ; die et nocte Cic. Nat. 2, 24, de jour et de nuit ; media nocte Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4, au milieu de la nuit ; sub noctem Cæs. C. 1, 28, 3, vers la nuit : noctes et dies, dies noctesque Cic. de Or. 1, 260 ; Amer. 6, jours et nuits || [personnif.] la Nuit : Cic. Nat. 2, 44 ; Virg. En. 5, 721 || [divisée en cinq parties dʼaprès Varron : Serv. En. 2, 268 ] : prima fax, concubium, nox intempesta, nox media, gallicinium ¶ 2 [sens fig.] : a) repos de la nuit, sommeil : Virg. En. 4, 530 ; b) nuit de veilles : noctes Atticæ, les nuits Attiques dʼAulu-Gelle ; c) nuit de débauche : Cic. Att. 1, 15, 6 ; d) nuit éternelle : Hor. O. 1, 28, 15, etc. ; Virg. En. 10, 746 || nuit des enfers : Sil. 13, 708 ; e) nuit de la cécité : Ov. M. 7, 2 ; Sen. d. Quint. 9, 2, 43 ; f) obscurité, ténèbres : Sen. Ep. 82, 16 ; Lucr. 4, 172 ; Virg. En. 3, 194 || ombre dʼun arbre : Val. Flacc. 1, 774 ¶ 3 situation sombre, troublée : doleo me in hanc rei publicæ noctem incidisse Cic. Br. 330, je mʼafflige dʼêtre tombé dans ces ténèbres politiques, cf. Cic. Amer. 91 ¶ 4 nox employé adv^t comme noctu, cf. Gell. 8, 1, titre du chap. ; Leg. xii Tab. d. Macr. Sat. 1, 4, 19 ; Enn. Ann. 431 ; Lucil. Sat. 127.

➳ noctu abl. f. arch. : hac noctu Enn. Ann. 152 ; Pl. Amph. 272 ; noctu hac Pl. Mil. 381, cette nuit-ci, cf. Enn. Ann. 164 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 4 || [donné par erreur comme m. ou n.  ; dans Cato Agr. 157, 3 in sereno noctu = de nuit en plein air par un ciel serein, cf. noctu sub tecto Cato Agr. 88, 2 ].

nox , noctis. f.
夜。睡。嫖。女神名。— animi 心迷。心蒙。— reipublicae 國亂之時。Aeterna nox 死。Ad multam noctem 至深夜。Offundere nottem rebus (dat.) 瞞昧。遮掩事情。Versus habent aliquantulum noctis 此首詩稍愰忽。Prima nocte 天暮之時。Obducta nocte 暗夜之時。Noctes atque dies 書夜。夙晩。Nocte vel de nocte vel nocti 夜時。

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• 1 NEC-, night: umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit: nocte et die concoqui, in twenty-four hours: dinumerationes noctium ac dierum: omni nocte dieque, Iu.: primā nocte, at nightfall, Cs.: de nocte, by night: multā de nocte, late at night: multā nocte: ad multam noctem, Cs.: intempestā nocte, S.: nox proelium diremit, S.: sub noctem naves solvit, Cs.: Conari noctīsque et dies, T.: noctes et dies urgeri, night and day: concubiā nocte: nec discernatur, interdiu nocte, pugnent, by night, L.: O noctes cenaeque deum!i. e. glorious late suppers, H.: omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat, a revelling by night, Pr. —A dream: pectore noctem Accipit, V.—Death: omnīs una manet nox, H.: aeterna, V.—Darkness, obscurity, gloom of tempest: quae quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet: imber Noctem hiememque ferens, V.—Blindness: Perpetua, O.— Person., the goddess of Night, sister of Erebus, C., V., O.—Fig., darkness, confusion: in hanc rei p. noctem incidisse.—Mental darkness, ignorance: quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent, O.—Obscurity, unintelligibility: mei versūs aliquantum noctis habebunt, O.