noctifer

== Latin == === Etymology === From nox (“night”) +‎ -fer (“carrying, bearing”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɔk.tɪ.fɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔk.ti.fer] === Noun === noctifer m (genitive noctiferī); second declension bringer of night evening star Synonym: vesperūgō ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). === References === “noctifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “noctifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “noctifer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.