noctua
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
Latin > English
noctua noctuae N F :: little owl
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
noctŭa: ae, f. nox,
I a night-owl, an owl, a bird sacred to Minerva: noctua, quod noctu canit ac vigilat, Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. pp. 174 and 175 ib.; Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 90: noctuarum dimicatio, Plin. 10, 17, 19, § 39: garrula, id. 18, 35, 87, § 362: seros exercet noctua cantūs, Verg. G. 1, 403.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) noctŭa,¹⁴ æ, f. (nox), chouette, hibou : Varro L. 5, 76 ; Pl. Men. 663 ; Plin. 10, 39 ; Athenas noctuam mittere Cic. Q. 2, 16, 4, envoyer des chouettes à Athènes = porter de l’eau à la rivière.
Latin > German (Georges)
noctua, ae, f. (*noctuus v. nox, vgl. Varro LL. 5, 76. Paul. ex Fest. 175, 1) = γλαύξ (Gloss.), die Nachteule, bes. das Käuzchen, ein der Minerva heiliger Vogel, Plaut. Men. 653. Verg. georg. 1, 404. Prop. 4, 3, 59. Plin. 10, 34 u. 39. Mart. 3, 93, 10; 10, 100, 4; 11, 34, 1. Auson. Mos. 309. Apul. flor. 13. Vulg. Levit. 11, 16 u. deut. 14, 15.
