pernox
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]per noctem ("through the night") + -s or a back-formation from pernoctō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈper.noks/, [ˈpɛrnɔks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.noks/, [ˈpɛrnoks]
Adjective
[edit]pernox (genitive pernoctis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | pernox | pernoctēs | pernoctia | ||
| genitive | pernoctis | pernoctium | |||
| dative | pernoctī | pernoctibus | |||
| accusative | pernoctem | pernox | pernoctēs | pernoctia | |
| ablative | pernocte | pernoctibus | |||
| vocative | pernox | pernoctēs | pernoctia | ||
- Only the nominative singular pernox and the ablative singular pernocte are attested in Classical Latin.
References
[edit]- 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