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Latin
Etymology
From or related to ulula; ultimately onomatopoeic.
Noun
uluccus m (genitive uluccī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin, Italy)
- tawny owl
- Synonyms: ulula, cavannus
9th c., Unknown,
Commenta Bernensia 8.55:
- Ululae: aves de ululatu dictae, cuius deminutivum est uluccus, sicut Itali dicunt; quam avem Galli cavannum nuncupant.
- Ululae: birds named from their cry, the diminutive of which is uluccus, as the Italians say; this bird the Gauls name cavannus.[1]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- ^ Adams, J. N. (2007) The regional diversification of Latin, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 251