nycticorax

nyctĭcŏrax, ăcis, m., = νυκτικόραξ,

• the night-raven, Hier. Ep. 106, n. 86; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 41; Paul. Nol. Ep. 40, 6.

nycticorax, acis, m. (νυκτικόραξ), der Nachtrabe, Hieron. epist. 106, 86. Vulg. deut. 14, 7 u. psalm. 101, 7. Ambros. in Luc. 7. § 185. Isid. orig. 12, 7, 41. Paul. Nol. epist. 40, 6.

nycticorax [LL < νυκτικόραξ] , nocturnal bird, night-owl or night-raven; b (w. ref. to Deut. xiv 16); c (w. ref to Psalm. ci 7). nicticorax nocturnus corvus dicitur Aldh. PR 123; ~ax ‥ i. vigilans corvus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 370; sunt et ibi germina noctis, noctua, nicticorax, vultur, et bubo, quorum oculi tenebras amant Map NC I 10 f. 8; ~ax, quod est bubo Bacon Gram. Gk. 64; hoc facit augurium homini sicut cetera animalia faciunt, ut aquila, cornicula, nocticorax, corvus, bubo M. Scot Phys. 57; hic strix vel nicticorax, freseye Gl. AN Ox. 518; a nyghte raven, cetuma, nicticorax, noctua, strix CathA.  b in Deuteronomio noctua et ~ax ponuntur pro diversis avibus ‥ ergo ~ax est bubo et non noctua Bacon Min. 353.  c ipse idem nunc pellicano, nunc ~aci ‥ comparatur Ailr. Serm. 482A; ideo David, postquam assimulavit anachoritam pellicano, comparat eam nicticoraci [>ME: nicht fuwel] in domicilio ‥ nicticorax in domicilio significat anachoritam sub domate ecclesie ‥ AncrR 45.

nyctĭcŏrax, ăcis, m. (νυκτικόραξ), corbeau de nuit : Hier. Ep. 106, 86 ; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 41 ; Vulg. Deut. 14, 17.

*nycticorax, acis. m.
夜烏鴉。灰窪子。

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nyctĭcŏrax, nycticorăcis, m.: gufo Crist.