pernox

Latin

Etymology

per noctem ("through the night") + -s or a back-formation from pernoctō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.noks/, [ˈpɛrnɔks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.noks/, [ˈpɛrnoks]

Adjective

pernox (genitive pernoctis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. lasting all night
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.268:

     addit et exceptās lūnā pernocte pruīnās

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	pernox			pernoctēs	pernoctia
Genitive	pernoctis			pernoctium
Dative	pernoctī			pernoctibus
Accusative	pernoctem	pernox		pernoctēs	pernoctia
Ablative	pernocte			pernoctibus
Vocative	pernox			pernoctēs	pernoctia

• Only the nominative singular pernox and the ablative singular pernocte are attested in Classical Latin.

References

• pernox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• pernox in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “pernox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press