nocturnalis

Latin

Etymology

nocturnus +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nok.turˈnaː.lis/, [nɔkt̪ʊrˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nok.turˈna.lis/, [nokt̪urˈnäːlis]

Adjective

nocturnālis (neuter nocturnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin) nocturnal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	nocturnālis	nocturnāle		nocturnālēs	nocturnālia
genitive	nocturnālis			nocturnālium
dative	nocturnālī			nocturnālibus
accusative	nocturnālem	nocturnāle		nocturnālēs nocturnālīs	nocturnālia
ablative	nocturnālī			nocturnālibus
vocative	nocturnālis	nocturnāle		nocturnālēs	nocturnālia

Descendants

• → Middle English: nocturnal (learned)
  • English: nocturnal
• → Old French: nocturnal (learned)
• → Italian: notturnale (semi-learned)

References

• “nocturnalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nocturnalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.