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cuculum

Dictionary entries

  • cuculus, cuculi:

    Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Agriculture

    = cuckoo (bird); fool, ninny; cuckold; bastard;

    Entry →
    acc. sg.
    gen. pl.

Examples

  • T

    Asinaria

    Titus Maccius Plautus

    "...uxor, pudet. ART. Cano capite te cuculum uxor ex lustris rapit. DEM. Non licet manere (cena coquitur..."
  • Q

    Sermones I

    Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones

    "...invictus, cui saepe viator cessisset magna conpellans voce cuculum. at Graecus, postquam est Italo perfusus aceto, Persius exclamat..."

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