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Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of lūcubrātiō (“the act of working by night, candlelight or lamplight”), from lūcubrō (“work by night, candlelight or lamplight; compose by night, candlelight or lamplight”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lūcubrātiuncula f (genitive lūcubrātiunculae); first declension
- The act of working by night; lucubration, nocturnal study, night work.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
References
- “lucubratiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lucubratiuncula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- lucubratiuncula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016