NOX

The notes here are taken from the actual Scala, so be warned that references to the "previous" proverb refer to its order in the Scala, not its order here. You can read more about the word at the Verbosum blog: NOX.

Noctem dies sequitur. ~ Note: You can find this saying in Seneca's reflections on nature in one of his Epistulae ad Lucilium, 107.

Nox dabit consilium. ~ Note: Or, as we would say in English, "Sleep on it."

Nox tibi longa venit nec reditura dies. ~ Note: The words are from an elegy of Propertius, 2.15.

Diem nox premit, dies noctem. ~ Note: The words come from one of Seneca's Letters, 3.24: Nullius rei finis est, sed in orbem nexa sunt omnia, fugiunt ac sequuntur; diem nox premit, dies noctem, aestas in autumnum desinit, autumno hiems instat, quae vere compescitur; omnia sic transeunt ut revertantur.

Nunc nox, mox lux.

Omnes una manet nox. ~ Note: Again, the verb "manere" can take a direct object, omnes: A single night awaits all (of us). Notice also how the phrase una nox wraps elegantly around the verb.

Luna oculus noctis.

Dies imago vitae, nox mortis est. ~ Note: This proverb is built on a nice parallelism: dies/nox and vitae/mortis. The genitives are both complements of the word image.

Nox pudore vacat.

Nox est perpetua una dormienda. ~ Note: The words are from Catullus, 5. Note the use of the gerundive, feminine singular, agreeing with nox, night.

Nocte laboratum non est opus undique gratum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 693.

Quantum mortalia pectora caecae noctis habent!

Urget diem nox, et dies noctem.

Nocte latent fures. ~ Note: Here the ablative nocte expresses time: at night, in the nighttime.

Dies nihil est; dum versas te, nox fit.

Festina, mox nox.

Carpe noctem.

Nox furibus, lux veritati convenit. ~ Note: Note the parallel structure: nox/lux and furibus/veritati, dative complements of the verb convenit.

Ut sis nocte levis, sit tibi cena brevis. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 395: Ex magna cena stomacho fit maxima poena; / Ut sis nocte levis, sit tibi cena brevis.

Lux sequitur noctem; fulget post nubila Phoebus.

Post noctem spero diem, post nubila solem. ~ Note: Post noctem spero diem, post nubila solem, / post lacrimas risum laetitiamque simul.

Nutrix curarum nox.

Nocte iam color unus inest rebus.

Nocte dieque cave tempus consumere prave. ~ Note: Wegeler collected the first line of this couplet, 692: Nocte, dieque cave, tempus consumere prave, / ut flos et ventus transibit nostra iuventus.

Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis.

Nocte interposita melior sententia surget.

Fungus una nocte nascitur.

Niger est nocte quivis cattus.

Nescis, quidnam homini noxve, diesve ferat.

Dormit nocte parum possessor divitiarum.

Alma dies noctem sequitur somnosque labores.

Nox consilium gignit, dies operam exigit. ~ Note: This is a saying by Janus Anysius (Giovanni Aniso); his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Fide ne opibus, quas una nox quit perdere. ~ Note: This is a saying by Janus Anysius (Giovanni Aniso); his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Si puer hoc sciret, quantum doctrina valeret, raro dormiret, sed nocte dieque studeret. ~ Note: This is a verse couplet:

Non decet principem solidam dormire noctem. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 2.7.95.

Nocte rubens caelum, cras indicat esse serenum, atque rubens mane, tempus signat pluviale. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 694.

Tristis adit lectum, qui nocte petit sibi tectum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1372.