adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
pernox
pernox (genitive pernoctis)
Classical[ˈpɛr.nɔks]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛr.noks]
Meaning
- one terminationlasting all night
addit et exceptās lūnā pernocte pruīnās
8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 7.268
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pernox | pernox | pernox |
| genitive | pernoctis | pernoctis | pernoctis |
| dative | pernoctī | pernoctī | pernoctī |
| accusative | pernoctem | pernoctem | pernox |
| ablative | pernocte | pernocte | pernocte |
| vocative | pernox | pernox | pernox |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pernoctēs | pernoctēs | pernoctia |
| genitive | pernoctium | pernoctium | pernoctium |
| dative | pernoctibus | pernoctibus | pernoctibus |
| accusative | pernoctīs pernoctēs | pernoctīs pernoctēs | pernoctia |
| ablative | pernoctibus | pernoctibus | pernoctibus |
| vocative | pernoctēs | pernoctēs | pernoctia |
per-nox, noctis, adj.,
I. continuing through the night, that lasts all night (not ante-Aug.):
(bos) jacet pernox instrato cubili, Verg. G. 3, 230: luna pernox erat, was up all night, was at her full, Liv. 5, 28, 10; 21, 49, 9; 32, 11, 9; cf.: addit et exceptas lunā pernocte pruinas, by the light of the full moon, Ov. M. 7, 268; and: luna alias pernox, alias sera, etc., Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: stare pertinaci statu perdius atque pernox, Gell. 2, 1, 2: luditur alea pernox, Juv. 8, 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
per-nox noctis, adj.,
through the night, all night: (bos) iacet pernox instrato cubili, V. (al. pernix): luna, full, L.: lunā pernocte, by the full moon, O.: luditur alea pernox, Iu.
Origins
per noctem ("through the night") + -s or a back-formation from pernoctō.