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nocti-

  1. a combining form meaning “night,” used in the formation of compound words:

    noctilucent.



nocti-

combining_form

  1. night

    noctilucent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nocti-1

< Latin nocti-, combining form of nox night
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nocti-1

from Latin nox, noct-
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Example Sentences

Possuit tenebras nocti Ita quod apud eos erat indeficiens lui Spatio unius anni continuata lux erat Et ista continuata dies et prolongata erat.

"Ardet apex capiti, cristisque a vertici flamma Funditur, et vastos umbo vomit aureus ignes: Non secus, ac liquida si quando nocti comet� Sanguinei lugubre rubent, aut Sirius ardor," &c.

‘His fine servants mount my staircase groping their way in the dark, and we descend preceded by a servant carrying luminare minus quam ut præesset nocti.’

"Quid nocti" videtur in altisono Cœli clupeo?

"Non ego idem facio, ut alios in comœdiis vidi facere amatores, qui aut nocti, aut die, Aut Soli, aut Lun� miserias narrant suas."

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