Meaning & use
Nox
In Roman mythology, the goddess who personifies night, corresponding to the Greek goddess Nyx.
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Ancient poets described Nox spreading her dark cloak over the sky each evening.
The temple's mural showed Nox riding across the heavens with a team of dark horses.
A note on using this word
Nox is also simply the Latin word for night and appears in mottoes and phrases such as nox et dies, meaning night and day.
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