noctua
See also: Noctua
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom the feminine of an unattested adjective *noctuus, from nox (“night”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnok.tu.a/, [ˈnɔkt̪uä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnok.tu.a/, [ˈnɔkt̪uä]
Noun
editnoctua f (genitive noctuae); first declension
- owl (small)
Declension
editFirst-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
editDescendants
edit- Translingual: Noctua
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *noctuolus
- Catalan: mussol
- ⇒? Old Spanish: nechuza
- ⇒ 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.