I.a cuckoo, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249; “as a term of reproach,” Plaut. As. 5, 2, 73; id. Ps. 1, 1, 94; “esp. of foolish men,” id. Trin. 2, 1, 18; “and of dilatory husbandmen, who are not through with their pruning until the cuckoo is heard (after the vernal equinox),” Plin. 1. 1.; Hor. S. 1, 7, 31; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249; Voss ad Verg. G. 2, 403.
cŭcūlus (cŭcŭlus, Auct. Carm. Philom. 35), i, m. Sanscr. ku-, to cry; cf. κωκύω,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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