noctivagus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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