nocturnalis

Latin

Etymology

nocturnus +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

Adjective

nocturnālis (neuter nocturnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (Late Latin) nocturnal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative nocturnālis nocturnāle nocturnālēs nocturnālia
genitive nocturnālis nocturnālium
dative nocturnālī nocturnālibus
accusative nocturnālem nocturnāle nocturnālēs
nocturnālīs 		nocturnālia
ablative nocturnālī nocturnālibus
vocative nocturnālis nocturnāle nocturnālēs nocturnālia

Descendants

  • → Middle English: nocturnal (learned)
  • → Old French: nocturnal (learned)
  • → Italian: notturnale (semi-learned)

References

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