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
Jan. 19th, circa undecimam noctis abortiebatur Domina Lydda uxor D. Thomæ Kelly ex duobus masculis vix sex mensium, et anno precedente hoc ejusdem uxor abortiebatur puella.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
July 10th, Mr. William Maynard natus hora 12 noctis, vel paulo post, Londini.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
Sed ubi oris aurei Sol radiantibus oculis 40Lustravit aethera album, sola dura, mare ferum, Pepulitque noctis umbras vegetis sonipedibus, Ibi Somnus excitam Attin fugiens citus abiit: Trepidante eum recepit dea Pasithea sinu.
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
March 8th, cœlum ardere et instar sanguinis in diversis partibus rubere visum est circa horam nonam noctis, maxime versus septentrionalem et occidentalem partem: sed ultra capita nostra versus austrum frequenter miles quasi sanguineus.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
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