cucule
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cuculus, cuculi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
cuckoo (bird); fool, ninny; cuckold; bastard;
voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...abalienatur atque abducitur. PS. Quid fles, cucule? vives. CAL. Quid ego ni fleam, quoi nec paratus nummus argenti..." - T
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Caedere hodie tu restibus. PAEG. Tua quidem, cucule, causa! non hercle, si os perciderim tibi, metuam, morticine..."
