noctifer

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Latin

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Etymology

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From nox ("night") + -fer ("carrying").

Noun

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noctifer m (genitive noctiferī); second declension

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

Declension

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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

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  • noctifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) , Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • noctifer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) , New York: Harper & Brothers