noctivagus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. wandering in the night

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative noctivagus noctivaga noctivagum noctivagī noctivagae noctivaga
genitive noctivagī noctivagae noctivagī noctivagōrum noctivagārum noctivagōrum
dative noctivagō noctivagae noctivagō noctivagīs
accusative noctivagum noctivagam noctivagum noctivagōs noctivagās noctivaga
ablative noctivagō noctivagā noctivagō noctivagīs
vocative noctivage noctivaga noctivagum noctivagī noctivagae noctivaga

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Galician: noiteboa
  • Italian: nottivago
  • Portuguese: noitibó, noctívago
  • Spanish: noctívago

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.
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