noctifer

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Latin

Etymology

From nox (“night”) +‎ -fer (“carrying, bearing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

noctifer m (genitive noctiferī); second declension

  1. bringer of night
  2. evening star
    Synonym: vesperūgō

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

singular plural
nominative noctifer noctiferī
genitive noctiferī noctiferōrum
dative noctiferō noctiferīs
accusative noctiferum noctiferōs
ablative noctiferō noctiferīs
vocative noctifer noctiferī

References

  • “noctifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “noctifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • noctifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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