I.a. [ulula; cf. Gr. ὑλάω].
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.
