uluccus

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Latin

Etymology

From or related to ulula; ultimately onomatopoeic.

Noun

uluccus m (genitive uluccī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin, Italy)

  1. 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

  • Italian: allocco

References

  1. ^ Adams, J. N. (2007) The regional diversification of Latin, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 251