LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

noctivagus

noctivagus (feminine noctivaga, neuter noctivagum)
Classical[nɔkˈtɪ.wa.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[nokˈtiː.va.ɡus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewandering in the night

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenoctivagusnoctivaganoctivagum
genitivenoctivagīnoctivagaenoctivagī
dativenoctivagōnoctivagaenoctivagō
accusativenoctivagumnoctivagamnoctivagum
ablativenoctivagōnoctivagānoctivagō
vocativenoctivagenoctivaganoctivagum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenoctivagīnoctivagaenoctivaga
genitivenoctivagōrumnoctivagārumnoctivagōrum
dativenoctivagīsnoctivagīsnoctivagīs
accusativenoctivagōsnoctivagāsnoctivaga
ablativenoctivagīsnoctivagīsnoctivagīs
vocativenoctivagīnoctivagaenoctivaga

noctĭvăgus, a, um, adj. nox-vagus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 68,
I. night-wandering; that wanders about by night (poet.): noctivagae faces caeli, Lucr. 5, 1191: currus (sc. Phoebes), Verg. A. 10, 216: deus, i. e. sleep, Stat. Th. 10, 158: iter, Val. Fl. 2, 44.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nókʷts
  2. Proto-Italic*nok⁽ʷ⁾ts
  3. Latinnoctivagus

Latin vagus Latin noctivagus From nox (“night”) + vagus (“wandering”).

Descendants
  • Italiannottivago
  • Portuguesenoitibó
  • Portuguesenoctívago
  • Spanishnoctívago
  • Galiciannoiteboa

In English words that came into English from noctivagus

  • noctivagousnoctivagus

Quick answers

What does noctivagus mean in Latin?
noctivagus, a adjective, means “wandering in the night”.
How do you pronounce noctivagus?
In classical Latin, [nɔkˈtɪ.wa.ɡʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [nokˈtiː.va.ɡus].
Where does noctivagus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts → Proto-Italic *nok⁽ʷ⁾ts → Latin noctivagus.