nocturnus

Latin

Etymology

nox (“night”, oblique stem: noct-) +‎ -urnus (suffix forming adjectives), on the analogy of diurnus

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /nokˈtur.nus/, [nɔkˈtʊr.nʊs]

Adjective

nocturnus (feminine nocturna, neuter nocturnum); first/second declension

  1. Of or belonging to the night, nocturnal.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nocturnus nocturna nocturnum nocturnī nocturnae nocturna
Genitive nocturnī nocturnae nocturnī nocturnōrum nocturnārum nocturnōrum
Dative nocturnō nocturnae nocturnō nocturnīs nocturnīs nocturnīs
Accusative nocturnum nocturnam nocturnum nocturnōs nocturnās nocturna
Ablative nocturnō nocturnā nocturnō nocturnīs nocturnīs nocturnīs
Vocative nocturne nocturna nocturnum nocturnī nocturnae nocturna

Descendants

References
  • nocturnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nocturnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nocturnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • morning, noon, evening, night: tempus matutīnum, meridianum, vespertinum, nocturnum
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