ŭlŭlo — Lewis & Short
ŭlŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I a. [ulula; cf. Gr. u(la/w].
I Neutr., to howl, yell, shriek, utter a mournful cry.
A Lit.:
canis ululat acute, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. nictare, p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 346 Vahl. : canes,Verg. A. 6, 257; Ov. M. 15, 797 lupi, Verg. G. 1, 486; cf. id. A. 7, 18: simulacra ferarum. Ov. M. 4, 404:
summoque ulularunt vertice Nymphae,Verg. A. 4, 168; Cat. 63, 28; Hor. S. 1, 8, 25:
Tisiphone thalamis ululavit in illis,Ov. H. 2, 117:
per vias ululasse animas,id. F. 2, 553; id. M. 3, 725; 9, 642; Luc. 6, 261 al.; cf.:
ululanti voce canere,Cic. Or. 8, 27.—
B Transf., of places, to ring, resound, re-echo with howling:
penitusque cavae plangoribus aedes Femineis ululant,Verg. A. 2, 488:
resonae ripae,Sil. 6, 285:
Dindyma sanguineis Gallis,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 269.—
II Act., to cry or howl out to any one; to howl forth, utter with howlings, cry out; to wail or howl over any thing; to fill a place with howling, with yells or shrieks (poet., and mostly in part. perf.):
quem sectus ululat Gallus,Mart. 5, 41, 3:
nocturnisque Hecate triviis ululata per urbem,Verg. A. 4, 609:
ululata Lucina,Stat. Th. 3, 158:
orbatam propriis ululavit civibus urbem,wailed over, bewailed, Prud. Ham. 452:
ululataque tellus intremit,Val. Fl. 4, 608:
juga lupis,Stat. S. 1, 3, 85:
antra Ogygiis furoribus,id. Th. 1, 328:
aula puerperiis,Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 139; cf.:
tu dulces lituos ululataque proelia gaudes,filled with howling, Stat. Th. 9, 724.