noctua

See also: Noctua

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of an otherwise-unattested *noctuus (“nocturnal”), from nox (“night”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnok.tu.a/, [ˈnɔkt̪uä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnok.tu.a/, [ˈnɔkt̪uä]

Noun

noctua f (genitive noctuae); first declension

owl (small)

Declension

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Derived terms

noctula

Descendants

Translingual: Noctua
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *noctuolus
- Catalan: mussol
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

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