cuculus

cŭcūlus (cŭcŭlus, Auct. Carm. Philom. 35), i, m. [Sanscr. ku-, to cry; cf. kôkuô], 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.