The corpus record — Latin

ulula

ulula · f

a screechowl

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Where it lives

Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

ŭlŭla — Lewis & Short

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

I 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.

In the wild

ululae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.12.p4
ululae Apuleius, Florida 13

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ulula (scan p. 768; entry #12831).

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