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noctĭcŏla, ae, comm. [nox-colo], fond of the night: lndus, who, on account of the excessive heat of the day, is fond of the night, Prud. Ham. 636.

noctĭcŏlor, ōris, adj. [nox-color], nightcolored, black: nocticolor Memnon (as being an Ethiopian), Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 6: Styx, Aus. Monos. de Diis, 11.

noctĭfer, ĕri, m. [nox-fero, the nightbringer], the evening-star, Cat. 62, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 121.

noctĭlūca, ae, f. [nox-luceo], that shines by night; hence,

  1. I. The moon: Luna quod sola lucet noctu: itaque ea dicta noctiluca in Palatio; nam ibi noctu lucet templum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 68 Müll.: canentes Rite crescentem face noctilucam, Hor. C. 4, 6, 38.
  2. * II. A lantern, Varr. ap. Non. 234, 4 (Sat. Men. 54, 5).
  3. III. Noctilucam (noctilugam) Lucilius cum dixit obscenum significat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll. (Scalig. ad loc. understands, by noctiluca, avis mali ominis noctu lugens; Salmas. Exerc. Plin. p. 70, col. 2, d, reads noctipuga, acc. to a gloss: noctipugam obscenum quod quasi noctibus compungat); v. Müll. ad Fest. l. l.

‡ noctĭlūga, ae, v. noctiluca, III.

‡ noctĭpūgam, v noctiluca, III. fin.

* noctĭsurgĭum, ii, n. [nox-surgo], a getting up in the night: nyctegresia, quasi noctisurgium, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. egretus, p. 78 Müll.

noctĭvăgus, a, um, adj. [nox-vagus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 68], night-wandering; that wanders about by night (poet.): noctivagae faces caeli, Lucr. 5, 1191: currus (sc. Phoebes), Verg. A. 10, 216: deus, i. e. sleep, Stat. Th. 10, 158: iter, Val. Fl. 2, 44.

* noctĭvĭdus, a, um, adj. [nox-video], night-seeing; that sees by night; of the night-owl, Mart. Cap. 6, § 571.

* noctĭvĭgĭlus, a, v. noctuvigilus.

noctūvĭgĭlus (noctīv-), a, um, adj. [nox-vigilo], night-watching: Venus, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 40.