nycticorax

See also: Nycticorax

Latin

Noun

nycticorax m (genitive nycticoracis); third declension

nightjar, bittern or similar bird

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	nycticorax	nycticoracēs
genitive	nycticoracis	nycticoracum
dative	nycticoracī	nycticoracibus
accusative	nycticoracem	nycticoracēs
ablative	nycticorace	nycticoracibus
vocative	nycticorax	nycticoracēs

Usage notes

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

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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