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noctem

noctem is a Latin form of nox, meaning “night”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 485 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.26.3: Ad multam noctem etiam ad impedimenta pugnatum est, propterea quod pro vallo carros obiecerunt et e loco superiore in nostros venientes tela coiciebant et non nulli inter carros rotasque mataras ac tragulas subiciebant nostrosque vulnerabant.

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.23: … sócia nostri sánguinis, Generáta Caelo, aspícite religatum ásperis Vinctúmque saxis, návem ut horrisonó freto Noctém paventes tímidi adnectunt návitae. Satúrnius me síc infixit Iúppiter, Iovísque numen Múlciberi adscivít manus …

Vergil, Aeneid 3.583: Noctem illam tecti silvis immania monstra

All forms of nox (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.