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mĕsŏnyctĭus

mĕsŏnyctĭus · adj

of midnight

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What it meant

mĕsŏnyctĭus — Lewis & Short

mĕsŏnyctĭus, a, um, adj., mesonu/ktios,

I of midnight: afflatus, Isid. 5, 30, 4.— Hence, subst.: † mĕsŏnyctĭum, ii, n., = mesonu/ktion, midnight (post-class.): CVIVS MESONYCTIVM FACTVM EST V. ID. DEC., i. e. midnight apparition, Inscr. Mur. 333.

Where it came from

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