nocturnus
ἑρμηνεία διὰ τῆς ὀνομασίας → expression by means of language
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
nocturnus, a, um (noctu), nächtlich, bei Nacht, der Nacht, Nacht- (Ggstz. diurnus), vigiles, Plaut.: vigiliae, Liv.: fur, Cic. u. Gell.: n. grassator, nächtlicher Wegelagerer, Gell.: cubicula diurna nocturnaque, Plin. ep.: insigne, Nachtsignal, Liv.: Bacchus, bei Nacht verehrt, Verg.: lupus nocturnus obambulat, Cic. – imagines, Tibull.; vgl. nocturnae quietis imago, Tac. – iter, via, Liv.: accessus od. adventus ad urbem, Cic.: convivium, Cic.: coetus, contio, Liv.: mulierum sacrificia, Cic.: consilia, Sall.: colloquia, Tac.: seditio, Cic.: labores diurni nocturnique, Cic.: diurna nocturnaque munia, Tac.: nocturno tempore, nächtlicherweile, Auct. b. Hisp.: tempore nocturno, Lucr.: tempore vel diurno vel nocturno, Quint.: decem horis nocturnis, Cic. – frigus, Curt., frigora, Liv.: ros, Caes., rores, Colum. – ora, Nachtgesichter, finstere, häßliche G., Plaut. – subst., Nocturnus, ī, m., der Gott der Nacht, Plaut. Amph. 272.
