English search results for: nocturnal
#1
adjective
Definitions:
- nocturnal, of night, at night, by night
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#2
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- "burning the midnight oil"
- night work
- nocturnal study
- work-by-nightlamp
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#3
adjective
Definitions:
- nocturnal
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Age:
Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- night hawk (L+S)
- nocturnal bird of prey
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#5
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- night hawk (L+S)
- nocturnal bird of prey
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)