noctua

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Latin

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Etymology

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From the feminine of an unattested adjective *noctuus, from nox (night).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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noctua f (genitive noctuae); first declension

  1. owl (small)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative noctua noctuae
Genitive noctuae noctuārum
Dative noctuae noctuīs
Accusative noctuam noctuās
Ablative noctuā noctuīs
Vocative noctua noctuae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Translingual: Noctua
  • Vulgar Latin: *noctuolus
  • ? Old Spanish: nechuza

References

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  • 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.