abnocto

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts

Proto-Italic *nok⁽ʷ⁾ts

Latin nox

Latin abnoctō

From ab- (“from, away from”) + nox (“night”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [abˈnɔk.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈnɔk.to]

Verb

abnoctō (present infinitive abnoctāre, perfect active abnoctāvī, supine abnoctātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive (rare, post-Augustan)

1. to spend or pass the night abroad or away from home, stay out all night
   • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.12.9:

     […] ac proptereā iūs abnoctandī adēmptum, quoniam, ut vim fierī vetārent, adsiduitāte eōrum et praesentium oculīs opus erat.

     […] and this is why the right of spending the night away was taken away from them [the tribunes of the plebs], because there was need of their work and supervision so that they may veto injustice.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abnoctō (first conjugation, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abnoctō		abnoctās		abnoctat		abnoctāmus		abnoctātis		abnoctant
	imperfect	abnoctābam		abnoctābās		abnoctābat		abnoctābāmus		abnoctābātis		abnoctābant
	future	abnoctābō		abnoctābis		abnoctābit		abnoctābimus		abnoctābitis		abnoctābunt
	perfect	abnoctāvī		abnoctāvistī		abnoctāvit		abnoctāvimus		abnoctāvistis		abnoctāvērunt, abnoctāvēre
	pluperfect	abnoctāveram		abnoctāverās		abnoctāverat		abnoctāverāmus		abnoctāverātis		abnoctāverant
	future perfect	abnoctāverō		abnoctāveris		abnoctāverit		abnoctāverimus		abnoctāveritis		abnoctāverint
passive	present	—		—		abnoctātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		abnoctābātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		abnoctābitur		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		abnoctātum est		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		abnoctātum erat		—		—		—
	future perfect	—		—		abnoctātum erit		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abnoctem		abnoctēs		abnoctet		abnoctēmus		abnoctētis		abnoctent
	imperfect	abnoctārem		abnoctārēs		abnoctāret		abnoctārēmus		abnoctārētis		abnoctārent
	perfect	abnoctāverim		abnoctāverīs		abnoctāverit		abnoctāverīmus		abnoctāverītis		abnoctāverint
	pluperfect	abnoctāvissem		abnoctāvissēs		abnoctāvisset		abnoctāvissēmus		abnoctāvissētis		abnoctāvissent
passive	present	—		—		abnoctētur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		abnoctārētur		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		abnoctātum sit		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		abnoctātum esset		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		abnoctā		—		—		abnoctāte		—
	future	—		abnoctātō		abnoctātō		—		abnoctātōte		abnoctantō
passive	future	—		—		abnoctātor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		abnoctāre			abnoctārī			abnoctāns			—
future		abnoctātūrum esse			abnoctātum īrī			abnoctātūrus			abnoctandum
perfect		abnoctāvisse			abnoctātum esse			—			abnoctātum
future perfect		—			abnoctātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		abnoctātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		abnoctandī		abnoctandō		abnoctandum		abnoctandō		abnoctātum		abnoctātū

Related terms

• nox
• pernoctō

References

• “abnocto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abnocto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “abnoctō” in volume 1, column 112, line 26 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present