ulula

ŭlŭla, ae, f. (sc. avis) [kindr. with Sanscr. ulūka; old Germ. uwila, ūla; new Germ. Eule; Engl. owl; cf. Gr. ὀλολύζω],

• a screechowl whose cry was of ill omen, Varr. L. L. 5, 11, § 75 Müll.; Plin. 10, 12, 16, § 34; cf. id. 30, 13, 39, § 118; Verg. E. 8, 55.—Prov.: homines eum pejus formidant quam fullo ululam, Varr. Sat. Men. 86, 4.

ulula, ae, f. (eig. heulend [sc. avis], v. ululo), der Kauz, das Käuzchen, dessen Geschrei von übler Vorbedeutung war, Varro LL. 5, 75. Verg. ecl. 8, 55 (u. dazu Serv.). Vulg. Isai. 13, 22: ulula avis, Plin. 30, 118: ulula, bubo (Uhu), Varro LL. 5, 75: noctuae (Eulen), bubo (Uhu), ululae (Käuze), Plin. 10, 32: u. so natura cantum commodavit noctuis serum, ululis vespertinum, bubonibus nocturnum, Apul. flor. 13. p. 15, 15 Kr.: ululant ululae, Anthol. Lat. 762, 41 (233, 41). – Sprichw., homines eum peius formidant quam fullo ululam, Varro sat. Men. 539.

ulula [CL], kind of owl, prob. tawny owl (Strix aluco). b (in gl.) seamew, sea gull (Larus canus). noctua, ~a, ule GlC N 138; strix, vel cavanna, vel noctua, vel ~a, ule Ælf. Gl.; ~e corvine dicuntur magnitudinis, protenso collo, resperse maculis, que rostro in palude defixo dire vocis vel stridoris sonum emittunt (Ailr. Serm.) CC cont. med. IID 114; circa Natale ‥ corvi et ~e pullos habuere Gir. TH II 27; jurat quod facies carbonis emula / plus lacte candeat et nive candula; / sic cignus candidus fit de cornicula, / in Grecam Helenam sic transit ulula Walt. Wimb. Palpo 141.  b hec ~a, A. a semow WW.

ŭlŭla, (16) æ, f. (ululo), chat-huant ou effraie [oiseau] : Varro L. 5, 76 ; Plin. 10, 34 ; Virg. B. 8, 55.

ulula , ae. f.
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ŭlŭla, ae, f.: gufo (o civetta?).

ulula ae, f

• VL-, a screech-owl, V.