uluccus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From or related to ulula; ultimately onomatopoeic.
Noun
[edit]uluccus m (genitive uluccī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin, Italy)
- tawny owl
- 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 [word] is uluccus, as the Italians say; this bird the Gauls name cavannus.[1]
- Ululae: aves de ululatu dictae, cuius deminutivum est uluccus, sicut Itali dicunt; quam avem Galli cavannum nuncupant.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | uluccus | uluccī |
| genitive | uluccī | uluccōrum |
| dative | uluccō | uluccīs |
| accusative | uluccum | uluccōs |
| ablative | uluccō | uluccīs |
| vocative | ulucce | uluccī |
Descendants
[edit]- Italian: allocco
References
[edit]- ^ Adams, J. N. (2007) The regional diversification of Latin, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 251