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Latin
Etymology
per noctem ("through the night") + -s or a back-formation from pernoctō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pernox (genitive pernoctis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- lasting all night
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
- Only the nominative singular pernox and the ablative singular pernocte are attested in Classical Latin.
References
- pernox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- pernox in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “pernox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press