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Italian
Verb
paupulo
- first-person singular present indicative of paupulare
Latin
Etymology
Possibly onomatopoeic. According to du Cange, this is a blend of pau, imitating the peacock's call, and ululō. Also compare Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs, “peacock”), Latin pāvō (“peacock”).
Pronunciation
Verb
paupulō (present infinitive paupulāre, perfect active paupulāvī, supine paupulātum); first conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive, of peacocks) to call
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- paupulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “paupulare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- "paupulare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ^ Lockwood, William Burley (1984): The Oxford book of British bird names, p. 114