noctua

== Latin == === Etymology === From the feminine of an unattested adjective *noctuus, from noctū (“by night”) + -us. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɔk.tu.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔk.tu.a] === Noun === noctua f (genitive noctuae); first declension owl (small) Near-synonyms: būbō, strix, ulula, parra ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Noctua ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *noctuolus Catalan: mussol ⇒? Old Spanish: nechuza ⇒ Spanish: lechuza === References === “noctua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “noctua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “noctua”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.