ululatus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of ululō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ʊ.ɫʊˈɫaː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [u.luˈlaː.tus]

Participle

ululātus (feminine ululāta, neuter ululātum); first/second-declension participle

1. howled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ululātus	ululāta	ululātum		ululātī	ululātae	ululāta
genitive	ululātī	ululātae	ululātī		ululātōrum	ululātārum	ululātōrum
dative	ululātō	ululātae	ululātō		ululātīs
accusative	ululātum	ululātam	ululātum		ululātōs	ululātās	ululāta
ablative	ululātō	ululātā	ululātō		ululātīs
vocative	ululāte	ululāta	ululātum		ululātī	ululātae	ululāta

Etymology 2

From ululō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

• ululātus:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ʊ.ɫʊˈɫaː.tʊs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [u.luˈlaː.tus]
• ululātūs:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ʊ.ɫʊˈɫaː.tuːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [u.luˈlaː.tus]

Noun

ululātus m (genitive ululātūs); fourth declension

1. a howling, wailing

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ululātus	ululātūs
genitive	ululātūs	ululātuum
dative	ululātuī	ululātibus
accusative	ululātum	ululātūs
ablative	ululātū	ululātibus
vocative	ululātus	ululātūs

Further reading

• “ŭlŭlātus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ululātus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ŭlŭlātus, -a, -um / ŭlŭlātŭs, -ūs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.