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ululo
ululo
Latin
Etymology
From a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root; see also Old English ule (“owl”), Gaelic uileliugh (“wail of lamentation”), Lithuanian uluti (“howl”), Sanskrit उलूलि (ulūli, “a howling, crying aloud”), Greek ολολύζειν (ololúzein, “to cry aloud”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu.lu.loː/, [ˈʊ.ɫʊ.ɫoː]
Verb
ululō (present infinitive ululāre, perfect active ululāvī, supine ululātum); first conjugation
- I howl
Inflection
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Descendants
References
- ululo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ululo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ululo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.