vesperugo

Latin

Etymology

From vesper (“evening”) +‎ -ūgō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯es.peˈruː.ɡoː/, [u̯ɛs̠pɛˈruːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ves.peˈru.ɡo/, [vespeˈruːɡo]

Noun

vesperūgō f (genitive vesperūginis); third declension

1. evening star

   Synonym: noctifer

2. bat

   Synonym: vespertīliō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vesperūgō	vesperūginēs
Genitive	vesperūginis	vesperūginum
Dative	vesperūginī	vesperūginibus
Accusative	vesperūginem	vesperūginēs
Ablative	vesperūgine	vesperūginibus
Vocative	vesperūgō	vesperūginēs

References

• “vesperugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vesperugo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vesperugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.