noctua
See also: Noctua
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Feminine of an otherwise-unattested *noctuus (“nocturnal”), from nox (“night”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnok.tu.a/, [ˈnɔkt̪uä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnok.tu.a/, [ˈnɔkt̪uä]
Noun edit
noctua f (genitive noctuae); first declension
- owl (small)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | noctua | noctuae |
| Genitive | noctuae | noctuārum |
| Dative | noctuae | noctuīs |
| Accusative | noctuam | noctuās |
| Ablative | noctuā | noctuīs |
| Vocative | noctua | noctuae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Noctua
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *noctuolus
- Catalan: mussol
- Spanish: lechuza
References edit
- “noctua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “noctua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- noctua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.