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aequinoctialis

of the equinox

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Where it lives

De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

1. aequinoctialis — de Vaan

aequinoctialis 'of the equinox' (Varro+); noctuvigilus 'wakeful' (PL), nocticolor 'night-coloured* (Laev. apud Gell.), noctiluca 'that shines by night' (Laev.+), — [de Vaan, s.v. aequinoctialis, p. 430]

2. aequĭnoctĭālis — Lewis & Short

aequĭnoctĭālis, e, adj.aequinoctium,

I pertaining to the equinox, or the time of equal day and night, equinoctial: circulus, the equator, Varr. L. L. 9, § 24 Müll.: aestus, Sen. Q. N. 3, 28 (cf. aequinoctium fin.). horae, Plin. 2. 97. 99, § 216: meridies, Col. 1, 6, 2.

In the wild

aequinoctialium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.34.p5
aequinoctialium Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1.1.p3
aequinoctialium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.34.p7
aequinoctialium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.34.p6
aequinoctialium Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.1.1
aequinoctialium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.34.p2

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. aequinoctialis (scan p. 430; entry #1178).

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