nycticorax

See also: Nycticorax

Latin

Alternative forms
  • nocticorax

Noun

nycticorax m (genitive nycticoracis); third declension

  1. nightjar, bittern or similar bird
    • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 12.7.41:
      Nycticorax ipsa est noctua, quia noctem amat. Est enim avis lūcifuga, et sōlem vidēre nōn patītur.
      The nightjar itself is nocturnal, because it loves the night. For it is a light-fleeing bird, and cannot bear to see the sun.

Usage notes
  • Often translated (from Leviticus 11: 16) as night raven:- a bird whose booming call was regarded as an omen.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nycticorax nycticoracēs
Genitive nycticoracis nycticoracum
Dative nycticoracī nycticoracibus
Accusative nycticoracem nycticoracēs
Ablative nycticorace nycticoracibus
Vocative nycticorax nycticoracēs

References
  • “nycticorax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nycticorax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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