noctua

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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.