noctu

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Latin

Etymology

From nox (“night”), by analogy with diū (“during the day”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

noctū (not comparable)

  1. by night, at night
    • From a line of Ennius.
      Fūrtim noctū.
      By night stealthily.

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References

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