νυχθήμερον

Ancient Greek

From νύξ (núx, “night”) + ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”)

νῠχθήμερον • (nukhthḗmeron) n (genitive νῠχθημέρου); second declension

a day and night, the space of 24 hours
- New Testament, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 11:25:
  τρὶς ἐραβδίσθην, ἅπαξ ἐλιθάσθην, τρὶς ἐναυάγησα, νυχθήμερον ἐν τῷ βυθῷ πεποίηκα·
  trìs erabdísthēn, hápax elithásthēn, trìs enauágēsa, nukhthḗmeron en tôi buthôi pepoíēka;
  I was thrice beaten with a rod, once stoned, thrice shipwrecked, and spent a day and night in the sea.

Second declension of τὸ νῠχθήμερον; τοῦ νῠχθημέρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νῠχθήμερον tò nukhthḗmeron	τὼ νῠχθημέρω tṑ nukhthēmérō	τᾰ̀ νῠχθήμερᾰ tà nukhthḗmera
Genitive	τοῦ νῠχθημέρου toû nukhthēmérou	τοῖν νῠχθημέροιν toîn nukhthēméroin	τῶν νῠχθημέρων tôn nukhthēmérōn
Dative	τῷ νῠχθημέρῳ tôi nukhthēmérōi	τοῖν νῠχθημέροιν toîn nukhthēméroin	τοῖς νῠχθημέροις toîs nukhthēmérois
Accusative	τὸ νῠχθήμερον tò nukhthḗmeron	τὼ νῠχθημέρω tṑ nukhthēmérō	τᾰ̀ νῠχθήμερᾰ tà nukhthḗmera
Vocative	νῠχθήμερον nukhthḗmeron	νῠχθημέρω nukhthēmérō	νῠχθήμερᾰ nukhthḗmera
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.