Definition of ulula
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LNS
ulula, ululae
kindr. with Sanscr. uluka; old Germ. uwila, ula; new Germ. Eule; Engl. owl; cf. Gr., ὀλολύζω
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. a screechowl
Abbreviations
ulula, 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 Mull.; 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.
 
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