noctivagus

Latin

Etymology

From nox (“night”) +‎ vagus (“wandering”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nokˈti.u̯a.ɡus/, [nɔkˈt̪iu̯äɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nokˈti.va.ɡus/, [nokˈt̪iːväɡus]

Adjective

noctivagus (feminine noctivaga, neuter noctivagum); first/second-declension adjective

1. wandering in the night

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	noctivagus	noctivaga	noctivagum		noctivagī	noctivagae	noctivaga
Genitive	noctivagī	noctivagae	noctivagī		noctivagōrum	noctivagārum	noctivagōrum
Dative	noctivagō		noctivagō		noctivagīs
Accusative	noctivagum	noctivagam	noctivagum		noctivagōs	noctivagās	noctivaga
Ablative	noctivagō	noctivagā	noctivagō		noctivagīs
Vocative	noctivage	noctivaga	noctivagum		noctivagī	noctivagae	noctivaga

Synonyms

• noctuābundus

Descendants

• Galician: noiteboa
• Portuguese: noitibó

References

• “noctivagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “noctivagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• noctivagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.