Usages of nox
Heri nox quoque quieta fuit, nam ignem in via numquam vidimus.
Yesterday the night was also quiet, for we never saw a fire in the road.
In quieta nocte corpus sororis bene dormit, sed mens vigilat.
In the quiet night the sister's body sleeps well, but her mind keeps watch.
Post quietam noctem corpus discipulae non est triste, sed laborare vult et studere potest.
After a quiet night the female student's body is not sad, but it wants to work and is able to study.
In die laboramus et studemus, in nocte cum amicis sedemus et amicitiam sentimus.
In the day we work and study, in the night we sit with friends and feel friendship.
Nocte luna et multae stellae lucent.
At night the moon and many stars shine.
Luna, quae nocte lucet, puellam quietam facit.
The moon, which shines at night, makes the girl calm.
Nocte obscura avia prope lucernam sedet et cantat.
On a dark night the grandmother sits near the lamp and sings.
Quamquam nox obscura est, mater sola non timet.
Although the night is dark, mother alone is not afraid.
In silentio noctis filia in mente sua dicit: "Veritas matrem laetam facit, mendacium autem matrem tristem facit; iterum veritatem dicam."
In the silence of the night the daughter says in her mind: "Truth makes mother happy, but a lie makes mother sad; again I will tell the truth."
Pater portam urbis claudit vespere, ne hostes nocte taciti intrent.
Father closes the gate of the city in the evening, so that enemies may not enter silently at night.
Sic populus in urbe tutus est, quia hostes foris manent et nocte taciti non intrant.
Thus the people in the city are safe, because the enemies stay outside and do not enter silently at night.
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