The Latin word for night is
nox
Translations for night and their definitions
| nox | |
| 1. n. night (period of time) | |
| Nox pars obscura diei est. - Night is the dim part of the day. | |
| 2. n. darkness | |
| 3. n. a dream | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) confusion | |
| 5. n. (figuratively) ignorance | |
| 6. n. (figuratively) death |
| tenebrae | |
| 1. n. darkness, especially the darkness of night | |
| 2. n. (poetic) shadow of death | |
| 3. n. prison, dungeon | |
| 4. n. (by extension) gloom or darkness of the mind |
| caligo | |
| 1. n. fog, mist, vapor | |
| 2. n. darkness, gloom | |
| 3. n. (figuratively) inability to perceive mentally | |
| 4. v. I (emit) steam | |
| 5. v. I am dark or gloomy | |
| 6. v. I grope about; have poor eyesight |
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