ululo

See also: ululó and ululò

Catalan

Verb

ululo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ulular

Italian

Verb

ululo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ululare

Latin

Etymology

From a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root; see also Irish uileliugh (“wail of lamentation”), Lithuanian uluti (“howl”), Sanskrit उलूलि (ulūli, “a howling, crying aloud”), Ancient Greek ὀλολύζω (ololúzō, “to cry aloud”), Old Armenian ողողանամ (ołołanam), ողողանիմ (ołołanim, “to wail, lament”), dialectal Armenian ուլուլալ (ululal, “to weep, cry, lament”), and Old English ūle (whence English owl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu.lu.loː/, [ˈʊɫ̪ʊɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.lu.lo/, [ˈuːlulo]

Verb

ululō (present infinitive ululāre, perfect active ululāvī, supine ululātum); first conjugation

1. to howl

Conjugation

Conjugation of ululō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ululō	ululās	ululat	ululāmus	ululātis	ululant
	imperfect	ululābam	ululābās	ululābat	ululābāmus	ululābātis	ululābant
	future	ululābō	ululābis	ululābit	ululābimus	ululābitis	ululābunt
	perfect	ululāvī	ululāvistī	ululāvit	ululāvimus	ululāvistis	ululāvērunt, ululāvēre
	pluperfect	ululāveram	ululāverās	ululāverat	ululāverāmus	ululāverātis	ululāverant
	future perfect	ululāverō	ululāveris	ululāverit	ululāverimus	ululāveritis	ululāverint
passive	present	ululor	ululāris, ululāre	ululātur	ululāmur	ululāminī	ululantur
	imperfect	ululābar	ululābāris, ululābāre	ululābātur	ululābāmur	ululābāminī	ululābantur
	future	ululābor	ululāberis, ululābere	ululābitur	ululābimur	ululābiminī	ululābuntur
	perfect	ululātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ululātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ululātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ululem	ululēs	ululet	ululēmus	ululētis	ululent
	imperfect	ululārem	ululārēs	ululāret	ululārēmus	ululārētis	ululārent
	perfect	ululāverim	ululāverīs	ululāverit	ululāverīmus	ululāverītis	ululāverint
	pluperfect	ululāvissem	ululāvissēs	ululāvisset	ululāvissēmus	ululāvissētis	ululāvissent
passive	present	ululer	ululēris, ululēre	ululētur	ululēmur	ululēminī	ululentur
	imperfect	ululārer	ululārēris, ululārēre	ululārētur	ululārēmur	ululārēminī	ululārentur
	perfect	ululātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ululātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ululā	—	—	ululāte	—
	future	—	ululātō	ululātō	—	ululātōte	ululantō
passive	present	—	ululāre	—	—	ululāminī	—
	future	—	ululātor	ululātor	—	—	ululantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ululāre	ululāvisse	ululātūrum esse	ululārī	ululātum esse	ululātum īrī
participles		ululāns	—	ululātūrus	—	ululātus	ululandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ululandī	ululandō	ululandum	ululandō	ululātum	ululātū

Derived terms

• exululō
• ululābilis
• ululāmen
• ululātiō
• ululātus

Related terms

• ulucus
• ulula

Descendants

• Aromanian: urlu, aurlu, urlari
• → Catalan: udolar, ulular
• → English: ululate
• → French: hurler, ululer / hululer
• Friulian: urlâ
• Galician: ouvear, oulear
• → Italian: urlare, ululare
• Norman: heurler (Jersey)
• Old French: uler, usler
• Piedmontese: urlé/ürlé
• → Portuguese: uivar, ulular
• Romanian: urla, urlare
• Romansch: urlar, üerler
• → Spanish: aullar, ulular
• Serbo-Croatian: urlati
• Venetan: urlar

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈlu.lu/

• Rhymes: -ulu
• Hyphenation: u‧lu‧lo

Etymology 1

Noun

ululo m (plural ululos)

1. howl, ululation

Etymology 2

Verb

ululo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ulular

Spanish

Verb

ululo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ulular