Cucullatus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Gaulish cucullos (“hood”), Latinized as a divine name or cult-epithet; compare Latin cucullus (“cowl, hood”). The ultimate origin is uncertain, but Pokorny writes that both are perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). More at Hooded Spirits. === Proper noun === Cucullātus m sg (genitive Cucullātī); second declension A Romano-Celtic deity or divine epithet (“the Hooded One”), attested in Latin inscriptions, chiefly in Noricum, in the dedication formula Genio Cucullātō sacrum. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === Antal, Adriana (2014). “A god of convalescence. Telesphorus/Genius Cucullatus in Roman Dacia.” Acta Musei Napocensis 51/I, pp. 195–210. Petcu, Radu & Petcu-Levei, Ingrid. “A Lead Votive Statuette Depicting a Genius Cucullatus Discovered Near Tomis (Moesia Inferior).” “Cucullatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.