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nŏcens, entis, P. a., v. noceo fin.

nŏcenter, adv., v. noceo, P. a. fin.

nŏcentĭa, ae, f. [nocens], guilt, transgression (post-class.): deus innocentiae magister, nocentiae judex, Tert. Apol. 40; id. adv. Marc. 2, 13.

nŏcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2

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  1. I. inf. pres. pass. nocerier, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 73; gen. plur. nocentūm, Ov. P. 1, 8, 19; perf. subj. noxit: ne boa noxit, Lucil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Fama, p. 360 Müll.; Fronto ad M. Caesarem, 3, 13 Mai.), v. n. (and a.; v. infra ε) [Sanscr. root nac, disappear; Gr. νέκυς; cf.: neco, nex, noxa, pernic-ies], to do harm, inflict injury, do hurt to (cf.: obsum, obficio, laedo).
    Constr.
          1. (α) Absol. or with dat.: declinare ea, quae nocitura videantur, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11: arma alia ad tegendum, alia ad nocendum, id. Caecin. 21, 60: nihil nocet, it does no harm, id. Att. 12, 47, 1: nocere alteri, id. Off. 3, 5, 23: jurejurando accepto, nihil iis nocituros hostes, Caes. B. C. 3, 28: jura te nociturum non esse homini de hac re nemini, Plaut. Mil. 5, 18.
          2. (β) With a homogeneous or a general (pronominal) object: OB EAM REM NOXAM NOCVERVNT, have been guilty of a crime, from an old fetial formula, Liv. 9, 10, 9: si uredo aut grando quippiam nocuit, Cic. N. D. 3, 35, 86: quid nocet haec? Juv. 14, 153.
          3. (γ) In pass. (very rare), to be harmed, injured: larix ab carie aut a tineā non nocetur, Vitr. 2, 9 med.: noceri eas (ciconias) omnibus quidem locis nefas ducunt, sed, etc., Sol. 40 fin.
          4. (δ) Impers. pass. (class.), an injury is done or inflicted: ut ne cui noceatur, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31: mihi nihil ab istis noceri potest, id. Cat. 3, 12, 37: ut in agris vastandis hostibus noceretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 19: ipsi nihil nocitum iri, id. ib. 5, 36: neque diem decet me morari, neque nocti nocerier, that injury be done to the night, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 73.
            (ε) Act. (late Lat.): nihil illum nocuit, Vulg. Luc. 4, 35; id. Act. 7, 26; 18, 10.
            Hence, nŏcens, entis, P. a., that commits a wicked action, bad, wicked, culpable, criminal (cf.: sons, reus): nocens et nefarius, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51: homines nocentissimi, id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 9: nocentissima victoria, id. Verr. 1, 14, 41: nocentissimi mores, Quint. 2, 15, 32: meritā caede nocentūm (poet. for nocentium; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 35, 45), Ov. P. 1, 8, 19.
  2. II. In gen., hurtful, harmful, pernicious, baneful, injurious: a pestiferis et nocentibus refugere, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120: boletus, Juv. 6, 620.
    Comp.: edit cicutis allium nocentius, Hor. Epod. 3, 3.
    Hence, adv.: nŏcenter, hurtfully, injuriously (not ante-Aug.): nocenter armata, Col. 8, 2, 10: abscessus nocenter adulescit, Cels. 5, 28, 11; Tert. Apol. 14.

nŏcīvus, a, um, adj. [noceo], hurtful, injurious, noxious (not ante-Aug., and very rare), Phaedr. 1, 28, 3: pecori nociva, Plin. 20, 2, 6, § 12; Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 9.

noctanter, adv. [nox], by night, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 31.

* noctesco, ĕre, v. n. inch. [id.], to draw towards night, to grow dark: omnia noctescunt, Furius ap. Non. 145, 11; and Gell. 18, 11, 3 (where the word is censured).

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.

noctu, v. nox.

1. noctŭa, ae, f. [nox], a night-owl, an owl, a bird sacred to Minerva: noctua, quod noctu canit ac vigilat, Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. pp. 174 and 175 ib.; Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 90: noctuarum dimicatio, Plin. 10, 17, 19, § 39: garrula, id. 18, 35, 87, § 362: seros exercet noctua cantūs, Verg. G. 1, 403.

2. Noctŭa, ae, m., a Roman surname: Q. Caedicius Noctua, a consul with M. Valerius Corvinus A. U. C. 465.

* noctŭābundus, a, um, adj. [noctu], having travelled all night (cf. noctivagus): noctuabundus ad me venit cum epistulā tuā tabellarius, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 2.

* noctŭīnus, a, um, adj. [1. noctua], of or belonging to night-owls: noctuini oculi, owls’ eyes, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 35.

‡ Noctulĭus, ĭi, m., a deity of the Brixians, Inscr. Spon. Miscell. Antiq. p. 115; Inscr. Murat. 98, 4.

noctūlūcus, i, m. [nox-luceo], watching, waking, or seeing at night, Varr. L. L. 5, 19, § 99 Speng.

nocturnālis, e, adj. [nox], nocturnal (post-class.): cucullus, Sid. Ep. 7, 16: habitatio, Alcim. Ep. 33.

nocturnus, a, um, adj. [from the adv. noctu, analog. to diurnus from diu],

  1. I. of or belonging to the night, nocturnal (class.): labores diurnos nocturnosque suscipere, Cic. Sen. 23, 82; opp. diurnus, id. Mil. 3, 9: nocturnum praesidium Palatii, id. Cat. 1, 1, 1: sacra, id. Leg. 2, 15, 37: horae, id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19: nocturno certare mero, putere diurno, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11: bella, Verg. A. 11, 736: ora, i. e. dark, black faces, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 107.
    Poet. and in post-Aug. prose, of living beings that do any thing at night: fur nocturnus, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 2, 1: adulter, Juv. 8, 144: lupus gregibus nocturnus obambulat, by night, Verg. G. 3, 538: qui nocturnus sacra divūm legerit, Hor. S. 1, 3, 117; 2, 6, 100: advocati jam paene nocturni, summoned almost in the night-time, i. e. very early, Petr. 15.
  2. II. Subst.: Nocturnus, i, m., the god of Night, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 116.

noctus, ūs, v. nox init.

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

nŏcŭus, a, um, adj. [noceo], hurtful, injurious, noxious (very rare), Ov. Hal. 128; Serib. Comp. 114.

nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. νύξ; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, νέκυς], night.

  1. I. Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.): ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur, in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.): quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset, id. Rep. 1, 15, 23: dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum, id. ib. 3, 2, 3: Milo mediā nocte in campum venit, id. Att. 4, 3, 4: omni nocte dieque, Juv. 3, 105: de nocte, by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69: multā de nocte profectus est, late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and: vigilare de nocte, id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.): multā nocte veni ad Pompeium, id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2: qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem, id. Rep. 6, 10, 10: ad multam noctem pugnatum est, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: sub noctem naves solvit, id. B. C. 1, 28: noctes et dies urgeri, night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.: qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.): concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc., id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).
          1. (β) Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so, hac noctu, Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116: noctu hac, id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit, Macr. S. 1, 4 fin.
            Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu; v. lux): in sereno noctu, Cato, R. R. 156, 3.
      1. 2. In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work (poet. and in post-class. prose): omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat, nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.
        Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.
      2. 2. Sleep, a dream (poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, Verg. A. 4, 530: talia vociferans noctem exturbabat, Stat. Th. 10, 219: abrupere oculi noctem, id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.
      3. 3. In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.: nox vidua, Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.
      4. 4. Death (poet.): omnes una manet nox, Hor. C. 1, 28, 15: jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes, id. ib. 1, 4, 16: in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem, Verg. A. 10, 746.
      5. 5. Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest: quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet, Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6: carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio, Sen. Ep. 82, 16: taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā, Lucr. 4, 172: imber Noctem hiememque ferens, Verg. A. 3, 194: venturam melius praesagit navita noctem, Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).
        Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598: veteris sub nocte cupressi, the shadow, id. 1, 774.
      6. 6. Blindness: perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus, Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6.
      7. 7. The shades below, the infernal regions: descendere nocti, Sil. 13, 708: noctis arbiter, i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition: doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse, Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.: rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset, id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: nox ingens scelerum, Luc. 7, 571.
    2. B. Mental darkness, ignorance (poet.): quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent, Ov. M. 6, 472.
      1. 2. Obscurity, unintelligibility: mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt, Ov. Ib. 63.
        Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.
          1. (α) Form nocte (rare but class.): luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: in campum nocte venire, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after: in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent, Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.: nec nocte nec interdiu, id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198: velut nocte in ignotis locis errans, Quint. 7 prol. 3.
          2. (β) Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.): noctuque et diu, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27: continuum diu noctuque iter properabant, Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.: quā horā, noctu an interdiu, Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.: nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.: noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: noctu ad oppidum respicientes, id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1: noctu Jugurthae milites introducit, Sall. J. 12, 4: noctu profugere, id. ib. 106, 2: dum noctu stertit, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27: noctu litigare, Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.
          3. (γ) Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. νυκτός, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.: hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox, Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.