μεσο·νύκτιος, ος, ον, du milieu de la nuit, PD. I. 6, 5 ; EUR. Hec. 914 ; ARSTT. Meteor. 2, 8, 28, etc. ; τὸ μεσονύκτιον, DS. 19, 30, le milieu de la nuit, minuit.

Étym. μ. νύξ.

ον, of or at midnight, ἔκλειψις Arist. Mete. 367b26; ὥρα D.S. 19.31, cf. Anacreont. 31.1; with a Verb, μεσονύκτιον δέξασθαί τινα Pi. I. 7 (6).5; μ. ὠλλύμαν E. Hec. 914 (lyr.); neut. as Adv., Theoc. 13.69; as Subst. μεσονύκτιον, τό, Hp. Morb. 2.48, LXX Jd. 16.3, Plu. Caes. 43, Luc. Merc. Cond. 26, Vett.Val. 339.6; κατὰ τὸ μ. Str. 2.5.42, Act. Ap. 16.25; μεσονυκτίου at midnight, Ev. Marc. 13.35; μεσονύκτου seems to be f.l. in Arist. ap. Sotion p. 185 W. — Poet. word acc. to Phryn. 36; — the spelling μεσανύκτιον is v.l. in Ev. Marc. l.c., cf. POxy. 1768.6 (iii AD).

mitternächtig, mitten in der Nacht ; μεσονύκτιον δεξαμένη, Pind. I. 6.5 ; Eur. Hec. 914 ; ὧραι, Anacr. 31.1 ; τὸ μ., Mitternacht, Arist. Probl. 26.18 u. A.; s. Lobeck zu Phryn. p. 53.

μεσο-νύκτιος (on seel, μεσα-, see Bl., § 6, 2), -ον
(< μέσος, νύξ), [in LXX chiefly for לַיִל חֵצִי ;]
of or at midnight; as subst., neut., τὸ μ., midnight (Arist. and late writers) : genitive, Luk.11:5; μέχρι μ., Act.20:7; κατὰ τὸ μ., Act.16:25; accusative (Rec., genitive; see Bl., § 34, 8), Mrk.13:35.†
μεσανύκτιον, see. μεσονύκτιος
(AS)