noctis
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of noctis
< Latin, genitive singular of nox night
Example Sentences
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For all he knew there might never have been any such law as the jus primae noctis, or any such creature as a capitalist, or any such garment as a top hat.
From "1984" by George Orwell
O noctis miserere meae, miserere; per illam Quae, nisi te videat, nox velit esse, diem.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
In Domesday this appears as a food rent: firma unius noctis or diei.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Atque illud insuper supplices rogamus, ne humana divinis officiant; neve ex reseratione viarum sensûs, et accensione majore luminis naturalis, aliquid incredulitatis et noctis, animis nostris erga divina mysteria oboriatur,” etc.
From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry
Properly the epithet of noctis, but poetically transferred to signa.
From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.
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