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
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..."
