noctua
See also: Noctua
Latin
Etymology
From the feminine of an unattested adjective *noctuus, from nox (“night”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɔk.tu.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔk.t̪u.a]
Noun
noctua f (genitive noctuae); first declension
- owl (small)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | noctua | noctuae |
| genitive | noctuae | noctuārum |
| dative | noctuae | noctuīs |
| accusative | noctuam | noctuās |
| ablative | noctuā | noctuīs |
| vocative | noctua | noctuae |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Noctua
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *noctuolus
- Catalan: mussol
- ⇒? Old Spanish: nechuza
- ⇒ Spanish: lechuza
References
- “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.