noctivagus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From nox (“night”) + vagus (“wandering”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /nokˈti.u̯a.ɡus/, [nɔkˈt̪iu̯äɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nokˈti.va.ɡus/, [nokˈt̪iːväɡus]
Adjective edit
noctivagus (feminine noctivaga, neuter noctivagum); first/second-declension adjective
- wandering in the night
Declension edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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.