paupulo
Appearance
See also: paupulò
Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]paupulo
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly onomatopoeic.[1] 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
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpau̯.pu.loː/, [ˈpäu̯pʊɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpau̯.pu.lo/, [ˈpäːu̯pulo]
Verb
[edit]paupulō (present infinitive paupulāre, perfect active paupulāvī, supine paupulātum); first conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive, of peacocks) to call
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of paupulō (first conjugation, active only)
Descendants
[edit]- → Italian: paupulare
References
[edit]- 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[1], 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