English

Noun

cucullus ‎(plural cuculli)

1. (botany) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as of certain concave and arched sepals or petals.
2. (zoology) A colour marking or structure on the head somewhat resembling a hood.

Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Alternative forms

• cuculla

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kuˈkul.lus/

Noun

cucullus m ‎(genitive cucullī); second declension

1. a covering for the head, hood, cowl
2. a conical wrapper or case

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• cucullātus
• cuculliō / cucūliō
• cuculliunculum

Descendants

References

• cucullus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cucullus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CUCULLUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cucullus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cucullus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cucullus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin