cuculate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cuculo, cuculare, cuculavi, cuculatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
utter the cry of the cuckoo;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...abalienatur atque abducitur. PS. Quid fles, cucule? vives. CAL. Quid ego ni fleam, quoi nec paratus nummus argenti..."Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Caedere hodie tu restibus. PAEG. Tua quidem, cucule, causa! non hercle, si os perciderim tibi, metuam, morticine..."
