cuculus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Cuculus
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈkuː.lus/, [kʊˈkuːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈku.lus/, [kuˈkuːlus]
Noun[edit]
cucūlus m (genitive cucūlī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cucūlus | cucūlī |
Genitive | cucūlī | cucūlōrum |
Dative | cucūlō | cucūlīs |
Accusative | cucūlum | cucūlōs |
Ablative | cucūlō | cucūlīs |
Vocative | cucūle | cucūlī |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Asturian: cuquiellu
- Catalan: cugul, >? cucut
- French: coucou
- Italian: cuculo
- Sicilian: cuccu
- Norman: coucou
- Spanish: cuco
References[edit]
- “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.