ululo

ŭlŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [ulula; cf. Gr. hulaô].

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, [p. 1927] 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.