cuculus
See also: Cuculus
Latin
Etymology
Echoic of the male bird's mating cry, similar to English cuckoo, Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux), Middle Irish cuach, Polish kukułka, Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila), Finnish kukkua.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʊˈkuː.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kuˈkuː.lus]
Noun
cucūlus m (genitive cucūlī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cucūlus | cucūlī |
| genitive | cucūlī | cucūlōrum |
| dative | cucūlō | cucūlīs |
| accusative | cucūlum | cucūlōs |
| ablative | cucūlō | cucūlīs |
| vocative | cucūle | cucūlī |
Related terms
Descendants
- Asturian: cuquiellu
- Catalan: cugul, >? cucut
- French: coucou
- Italian: cuculo, cocco
- Sicilian: cuccu
- Norman: coucou
- Spanish: cuco
- Venetan: cuco
References
- “cuculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cuculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.