noctua

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Latin

Etymology

From the feminine of an unattested adjective *noctuus, from nox (“night”).

Pronunciation

Noun

noctua f (genitive noctuae); first declension

  1. owl (small)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative noctua noctuae
genitive noctuae noctuārum
dative noctuae noctuīs
accusative noctuam noctuās
ablative noctuā noctuīs
vocative noctua noctuae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Translingual: Noctua
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *noctuolus
  • ⇒? Old Spanish: nechuza

References

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