quĕrŭlus — Lewis & Short
quĕrŭlus, a, um, adj.queror.
I Lit., full of complaints, complaining, querulous (mostly poet.;
not in Cic.): (senex) difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti,Hor. A. P. 173:
ululatus,Ov. H. 5, 73:
dolor,id. Tr. 3, 8, 32:
vox,id. A. A. 2, 308:
fastus,Mart. 12, 75, 7:
calamitas,Curt. 5, 5, 12:
libelli rusticorum,Plin. Ep. 9, 15, 1:
nec querulus essem,id. Pan. 4, 9, 21.—
II Poet., transf., of animals and things, softly complaining, uttering a plaintive sound, murmuring, cooing, warbling, chirping, etc.:
querulae cicadae,Verg. G. 3, 328; cf.:
nidus volucrum,Ov. Med. Fac. 77:
rana,Col. 10, 12:
capella,Mart. 7, 31, 3:
fetus suis,Petr. 133:
chorda,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 27:
tibia,Hor. C. 3, 7, 30:
tuba,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 20.