noctivagus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nox (“night”) + vagus (“wandering”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /nokˈti.u̯a.ɡus/, [nɔkˈt̪iu̯äɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nokˈti.va.ɡus/, [nokˈt̪iːväɡus]
Adjective
[edit]noctivagus (feminine noctivaga, neuter noctivagum); first/second-declension adjective
- wandering in the night
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | noctivagus | noctivaga | noctivagum | noctivagī | noctivagae | noctivaga | |
| genitive | noctivagī | noctivagae | noctivagī | noctivagōrum | noctivagārum | noctivagōrum | |
| dative | noctivagō | noctivagae | noctivagō | noctivagīs | |||
| accusative | noctivagum | noctivagam | noctivagum | noctivagōs | noctivagās | noctivaga | |
| ablative | noctivagō | noctivagā | noctivagō | noctivagīs | |||
| vocative | noctivage | noctivaga | noctivagum | noctivagī | noctivagae | noctivaga | |
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “noctivagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “noctivagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- noctivagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.