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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.
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