cucullus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cucullus (plural cuculli)
- (botany) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as of certain concave and arched sepals or petals.
- (zoology) A colour marking or structure on the head somewhat resembling a hood.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A reduplicative form of Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognates include Latin cūlus, Old Irish cúl (“bottom”), Lithuanian kẽvalas (“skin, cover”) and indirectly Old English hȳd (English hide). Related to obscūrus (“dark, obscure”) and cutis (“hide”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈkuːl.lus/, [kʊˈkuːlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈkul.lus/, [kuˈkulːus]
Noun[edit]
cucullus m (genitive cucullī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cucullus | cucullī |
Genitive | cucullī | cucullōrum |
Dative | cucullō | cucullīs |
Accusative | cucullum | cucullōs |
Ablative | cucullō | cucullīs |
Vocative | cuculle | cucullī |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “cucullus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cucullus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cucullus 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)
- cucullus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cucullus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cucullus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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