noctua
Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these
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.
Latin > English
noctua noctuae N F :: little owl
