Latin

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Etymology

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From nox ("night") + -fer ("carrying").

Noun

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noctifer m (genitive noctiferī); second declension

  1. bringer of night
  2. evening star
    Synonym: vesperūgō

Declension

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Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative noctifer noctiferī
Genitive noctiferī noctiferōrum
Dative noctiferō noctiferīs
Accusative noctiferum noctiferōs
Ablative noctiferō noctiferīs
Vocative noctifer noctiferī

References

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  • noctifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) , Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • noctifer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) , New York: Harper & Brothers