nycticorax
See also: Nycticorax
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
nycticorax m (genitive nycticoracis); third declension
- nightjar, bittern or similar bird
- c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 12.7.41:
- Nycticorax ipsa est noctua, quia noctem amat. Est enim avis lūcifuga, et sōlem vidēre nōn patītur.
- The nightjar itself is nocturnal, because it loves the night. For it is a light-fleeing bird, and cannot bear to see the sun.
- Nycticorax ipsa est noctua, quia noctem amat. Est enim avis lūcifuga, et sōlem vidēre nōn patītur.
Usage notes edit
- Often translated (from Leviticus 11: 16) as night raven:- a bird whose booming call was regarded as an omen.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nycticorax | nycticoracēs |
| Genitive | nycticoracis | nycticoracum |
| Dative | nycticoracī | nycticoracibus |
| Accusative | nycticoracem | nycticoracēs |
| Ablative | nycticorace | nycticoracibus |
| Vocative | nycticorax | nycticoracēs |
References edit
- “nycticorax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nycticorax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.