cuculus

== Latin == === Etymology === Echoic of the male bird's mating cry, similar to English cuckoo, Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux), Middle Irish cuach, Polish kukułka, Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila), Finnish kukkua. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʊˈkuː.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kuˈkuː.lus] === Noun === cucūlus m (genitive cucūlī); second declension cuckoo (bird) a term of reproach (specifically a cuckold) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== cucus ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: cuquiellu Catalan: cugul, >? cucut French: coucou Italian: cuculo, cocco Sicilian: cuccu Norman: coucou Spanish: cuco Venetan: cuco === References === “cuculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cuculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.