LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

noctuīnus

noctuīnus (feminine noctuīna, neuter noctuīnum)
Classical[nɔk.tuˈiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[nok.tuˈiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalof or belonging to night-owls
    Nullum homini est perpetuom bonum: iam huic voluptati hoc adiunctum est odium. — Quid ais, propudium?c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 1.3.32–34

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenoctuīnusnoctuīnanoctuīnum
genitivenoctuīnīnoctuīnaenoctuīnī
dativenoctuīnōnoctuīnaenoctuīnō
accusativenoctuīnumnoctuīnamnoctuīnum
ablativenoctuīnōnoctuīnānoctuīnō
vocativenoctuīnenoctuīnanoctuīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenoctuīnīnoctuīnaenoctuīna
genitivenoctuīnōrumnoctuīnārumnoctuīnōrum
dativenoctuīnīsnoctuīnīsnoctuīnīs
accusativenoctuīnōsnoctuīnāsnoctuīna
ablativenoctuīnīsnoctuīnīsnoctuīnīs
vocativenoctuīnīnoctuīnaenoctuīna

noctŭīnus, a, um, adj. 1. noctua,
I. of or belonging to night-owls: noctuini oculi, owls' eyes, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 35.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin noctuīnus From noctua + -īnus.

Quick answers

What does noctuīnus mean in Latin?
noctuīnus, a adjective, means “of or belonging to night-owls”.
How do you pronounce noctuīnus?
In classical Latin, [nɔk.tuˈiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [nok.tuˈiː.nus].