Diurnum, nocturnúm que spatium. Cic. Manes nocturni. Virg. Mero nocturno certare. Horat. Tem pus nocturnum. Lucret. Metus nocturnus. Cic. Visus nocturni. Tacit. Milites nocturni. Cic. Vmbræ nocturnæ. Ouid. Nóctiser. pen. cor. díicitur vesper vel Hesperus. Carul. The cuening starre.Noctilûca. pen. prod. læ. sœ gen. Horat. The moone shining by night. Also a litle beast shining in the night.Noctíuagus. pen. cor. Adiect. That wandreth by night.Corrus noctiuagus.Virg.Deus noctiuagus, Sopor.Stat.Faces noctinagæ cœli. Luciet. The starres.Iter noctiuagum.Val. Flac.Labor noctiuagus. Claud. The labour of going by night: night trauaile.Strepitus noctiuagus Faunorum. Lucret. The noyse that rusticall gods make in their going by night.Vmbræ noctiuagæ.Stat.Noctifuga.That can not abide night.
Diurnus, Diurno, Vide DIES.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
dĭurno, āre, v. n. [diurnus], to last long, exist long, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 16; and ap. Non. 100, 20 (inusitate dixit pro diu vivere, Gell. l. l.).
dĭurnus, a, um, adj. [for dius-nus, from dies; cf.: interdius, quotidianus, etc.], of or belonging to the day.I. In a wider sense, daily (perh. not ante-Aug.): aetatis fata diurna, i. e.
of only one day
, Ov. H. 6, 37: instituit, ut tam Senatus quam populi diurna acta confierent et publicarentur,
daily transactions
,
records
,
journal
, Suet. Caes. 20; Tac. A. 13, 31; Suet. Claud. 41 Oud. N. cr.; in the same signif.: commentarii, id. Aug. 64; cf. also: diurna actorum scriptura, Tac. A. 3, 3. (Concerning these acta diurna, v. Lips. Exc. ad Tac. A. 5, 4; Ernest. Exc. ad Suet. Caes. 20; Rupert. ad Juv. 2, 136; Walch ad Tac. Agr. p. 114, and the art. acta): cibus,
daily allowance
,
rations
, Liv. 4, 12 fin.: victus, Suet. Ner. 36 fin.: mercede diurna conductus, Hor. S. 2, 7, 17.—Hence, subst.A. diurnum, i, n., an account-book, day-book: longum, Juv. 6, 482; plur. (sc. acta), diaries, records, minutes: diurna populi Romani, per provincias curatius leguntur, Tac. A. 16, 22.—Also subst.B. diurnum, i, n. (sc. frumentum), a daily portion, allowance, rations (cf. diarium), Sen. Ep. 80, 8; id. Contr. 5, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Ner. 30.—II. In a stricter sense (acc. to dies, I. B. 2.), opp. nocturnus, by day, of the day (very freq. and class.): diurnum nocturnumve spatium, Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39: labores diurni nocturnique, id. de Sen. 23, 82; cf. so opp. nocturnus, Lucr. 6, 849; Cic. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Tusc. 1, 21, 48; Caes. B. G. 1, 38 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13, 1; Quint. 7, 2, 44; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11; Ov. F. 3, 878 et saep.: lumen, Lucr. 4, 458; so Ov. F. 4, 449; cf. stella, i. e.
the morning-star
, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 62: currus, i. e.
the chariot of the sun
, Ov. M. 4, 629: ignes, id. ib. 7, 192: nitor, id. H. 18, 78 al.: actus,