noctivagus
μὴ τὴν ὄψιν καλλωπίζου, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἴσθι καλός → Don't beautify your face, but be beautiful in your habits (Thales, in Diog. Laertius 1.37)
Latin > English
noctivagus noctivaga, noctivagum ADJ :: night-wandering
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
noctĭvăgus: a, um, adj. nox-vagus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 68,
I night-wandering; that wanders about by night (poet.): noctivagae faces caeli, Lucr. 5, 1191: currus (sc. Phoebes), Verg. A. 10, 216: deus, i. e. sleep, Stat. Th. 10, 158: iter, Val. Fl. 2, 44.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
noctĭvăgus,¹⁴ a, um (nox, vagus), qui erre pendant la nuit : Lucr. 5, 1191 ; Virg. En. 10, 216 ; Stat. Th. 10, 158.
Latin > German (Georges)
noctivagus, a, um (nox u. vagus), bei Nacht umherschweifend, faces caeli, Lucr.: currus (des Mondes), Verg.: iter, Val. Flacc.: deus, der Schlaf, Stat.: n. quidam seminator, Faust. b. Augustin, c. Faust. 18, 3.
