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Latin
Etymology
From ab- (“from, away from”) + nox (“night”).
Pronunciation
Verb
abnoctō (present infinitive abnoctāre, perfect active abnoctāvī, supine abnoctātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive (rare, post-Augustan)
- to spend or pass the night abroad or away from home, stay out all night
c. 177 CE,
Aulus Gellius,
Noctes Atticae 13.12.9:
- ac proptereā iūs abnoctandī adēmptum, quoniam, ut vim fierī vetārent, adsiduitāte eōrum et praesentium oculīs opus erat.
- and this is why the right of spending the night away was taken away from them , because there was need of their work and supervision so that they may veto injustice.
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