noctua
noctua, a night-owl, owl
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noctuae Noun: feminine genitive singular, Noun: feminine vocative plural, Noun: feminine dative singular, Noun: feminine nominative plural of noctua
noctŭa, ae, f. [nox],
- 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 (660): noctuarum dimicatio, Plin. 10, 17, 19, § 39: garrula, id. 18, 35, 87, § 362: seros exercet noctua cantūs, Verg. G. 1, 403.
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.
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nomina avium: strix vel cavanna vel ~a vel ulula ‥ule
quales aves sepissime capis? ‥ capio ‥ ~as, i. strices, et turtures
vespertiliones et ~ae non nisi in nocte caelum videntes
ubi ‥ visibilis spiritus est valde subtilis ‥ in die ex splendore solis nimis dispergit, ut in ~is
nox ergo noctuas vocat in tenebris
sic ~a videt in tenebris, in luce cecatur
prenuntia fati / noctua precedit, properanti morte propinquos / occasus infausta canens
poscitur ad rapidum noctua tarda diem
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 lʼeau à la rivière.
noctŭa, ae, f.: nottola, civetta
⯀ Athenas noctuam mittam Cic manderò nottole ad Atene (i.e. farò un lavoro inutile).
noctua ae, f
- nox, a night-owl, owl, V., Pr.