ululo

See also: ululó and ululò

Catalan

Verb

ululo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ulular

Italian

Verb

ululo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ululare

Latin

Etymology

From a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root; see also Irish uileliugh (“wail of lamentation”), Lithuanian uluti (“howl”), Sanskrit उलूलि (ulūli, “a howling, crying aloud”), Ancient Greek ὀλολύζω (ololúzō, “to cry aloud”), Old Armenian ողողանամ (ołołanam), ողողանիմ (ołołanim, “to wail, lament”), dialectal Armenian ուլուլալ (ululal, “to weep, cry, lament”), and Old English ūle (whence English owl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊ.ɫʊ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.lu.lo]

Verb

ululō (present infinitive ululāre, perfect active ululāvī, supine ululātum); first conjugation

1. to howl

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ululō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ululō		ululās		ululat		ululāmus		ululātis		ululant
	imperfect	ululābam		ululābās		ululābat		ululābāmus		ululābātis		ululābant
	future	ululābō		ululābis		ululābit		ululābimus		ululābitis		ululābunt
	perfect	ululāvī		ululāvistī		ululāvit		ululāvimus		ululāvistis		ululāvērunt, ululāvēre
	pluperfect	ululāveram		ululāverās		ululāverat		ululāverāmus		ululāverātis		ululāverant
	future perfect	ululāverō		ululāveris		ululāverit		ululāverimus		ululāveritis		ululāverint
passive	present	ululor		ululāris, ululāre		ululātur		ululāmur		ululāminī		ululantur
	imperfect	ululābar		ululābāris, ululābāre		ululābātur		ululābāmur		ululābāminī		ululābantur
	future	ululābor		ululāberis, ululābere		ululābitur		ululābimur		ululābiminī		ululābuntur
	perfect	ululātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ululātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ululātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ululem		ululēs		ululet		ululēmus		ululētis		ululent
	imperfect	ululārem		ululārēs		ululāret		ululārēmus		ululārētis		ululārent
	perfect	ululāverim		ululāverīs		ululāverit		ululāverīmus		ululāverītis		ululāverint
	pluperfect	ululāvissem		ululāvissēs		ululāvisset		ululāvissēmus		ululāvissētis		ululāvissent
passive	present	ululer		ululēris, ululēre		ululētur		ululēmur		ululēminī		ululentur
	imperfect	ululārer		ululārēris, ululārēre		ululārētur		ululārēmur		ululārēminī		ululārentur
	perfect	ululātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ululātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ululā		—		—		ululāte		—
	future	—		ululātō		ululātō		—		ululātōte		ululantō
passive	present	—		ululāre		—		—		ululāminī		—
	future	—		ululātor		ululātor		—		—		ululantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ululāre			ululārī			ululāns			—
future		ululātūrum esse			ululātum īrī			ululātūrus			ululandus
perfect		ululāvisse			ululātum esse			—			ululātus
future perfect		—			ululātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ululātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ululandī		ululandō		ululandum		ululandō		ululātum		ululātū

Derived terms

• exululō
• ululābilis
• ululāmen
• ululātiō
• ululātus

Related terms

• ulucus
• ulula

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Northern:
    • Old French: uler, usler
  • Southern:
    • Catalan: udolar, adular
    • Occitan: ulodar, odular

      Gascon: uglar

      Limousin: udlar

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: otular, atular, otilar, tular, utilar

    Benasqués: udular

  • Asturian: ullar, aullar, agullar, oullar, uchar, auchar
  • Galician: ouvear, ouviar, auvear, auviar, oulear
  • Portuguese: uivar, uviar, uivear, ouvar, oivar, ovar, oviar, uvar, uver, uliar, ugar
  • Spanish: aullar

Through Vulgar Latin ūrulāre:

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: urlu, aurlu, urlari
  • Romanian: urla, urlare
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: urlare
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: urlâ
  • Romansch: urlar, üerler
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: urlé
• Gallo-Romance:
  • French: hurler
  • Norman: heurler (Jersey)

Borrowings:

• → Catalan: ulular
• → English: ululate
• → French: ululer, hululer
• → Italian: ululare
• → Portuguese: ulular
• → Serbo-Croatian: urlati
• → Spanish: ulular

References

• “ululo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ululo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ululo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈlu.lu/

• Rhymes: -ulu
• Hyphenation: u‧lu‧lo

Etymology 1

Noun

ululo m (plural ululos)

1. howl, ululation

Etymology 2

Verb

ululo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ulular

Further reading

• “ululo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ululo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Verb

ululo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ulular