nocturnus

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Latin

Etymology

From nox (“night”, oblique stem: noct-) +‎ -urnus (suffix forming adjectives), on the analogy of diurnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nocturnus (feminine nocturna, neuter nocturnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or belonging to the night, nocturnal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative nocturnus nocturna nocturnum nocturnī nocturnae nocturna
genitive nocturnī nocturnae nocturnī nocturnōrum nocturnārum nocturnōrum
dative nocturnō nocturnae nocturnō nocturnīs
accusative nocturnum nocturnam nocturnum nocturnōs nocturnās nocturna
ablative nocturnō nocturnā nocturnō nocturnīs
vocative nocturne nocturna nocturnum nocturnī nocturnae nocturna

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Further reading

  • “nocturnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nocturnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nocturnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • morning, noon, evening, night: tempus matutīnum, meridianum, vespertinum, nocturnum
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