nocturnus
ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nocturnus: a, um, adj. from the adv. noctu, analog. to diurnus from diu,
I of or belonging to the night, nocturnal (class.): labores diurnos nocturnosque suscipere, Cic. Sen. 23, 82; opp. diurnus, id. Mil. 3, 9: nocturnum praesidium Palatii, id. Cat. 1, 1, 1: sacra, id. Leg. 2, 15, 37: horae, id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19: nocturno certare mero, putere diurno, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11: bella, Verg. A. 11, 736: ora, i. e. dark, black faces, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 107.—Poet. and in post-Aug. prose, of living beings that do any thing at night: fur nocturnus, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 2, 1: adulter, Juv. 8, 144: lupus gregibus nocturnus obambulat, by night, Verg. G. 3, 538: qui nocturnus sacra divūm legerit, Hor. S. 1, 3, 117; 2, 6, 100: advocati jam paene nocturni, summoned almost in the night-time, i. e. very early, Petr. 15.—
II Subst.: Nocturnus, i, m., the god of Night, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 116.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nocturnus,⁸ a, um (noctu), de la nuit, nocturne : Cic. CM 82 ; Mil. 9 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11 || [poét., jouant le rôle d’adv.] qui agit dans les ténèbres, pendant la nuit : Hor. S. 1, 3, 117 ; 2, 6, 100 ; Virg. G. 3, 538 || Nocturnus, m., le dieu de la nuit : Pl. Amph. 272.
