LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

cūcubō

cūcubō (present infinitive cūcubāre, perfect active cūcubāvī)
Classical[ˈkuː.kʊ.boː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkuː.ku.bo]

Meaning

  1. To hoot like an owl

Conjugation conjugation 1 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cūcubōcūcubābamcūcubābōcūcubāvīcūcubāveramcūcubāverō
2nd sg.cūcubāscūcubābāscūcubābiscūcubāvistīcūcubāverāscūcubāveris
3rd sg.cūcubatcūcubābatcūcubābitcūcubāvitcūcubāveratcūcubāverit
1st pl.cūcubāmuscūcubābāmuscūcubābimuscūcubāvimuscūcubāverāmuscūcubāverimus
2nd pl.cūcubātiscūcubābātiscūcubābitiscūcubāvistiscūcubāverātiscūcubāveritis
3rd pl.cūcubantcūcubābantcūcubābuntcūcubāvērunt
cūcubāvēre
cūcubāverantcūcubāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cūcubemcūcubāremcūcubāverimcūcubāvissem
2nd sg.cūcubēscūcubārēscūcubāverīscūcubāvissēs
3rd sg.cūcubetcūcubāretcūcubāveritcūcubāvisset
1st pl.cūcubēmuscūcubārēmuscūcubāverīmuscūcubāvissēmus
2nd pl.cūcubētiscūcubārētiscūcubāverītiscūcubāvissētis
3rd pl.cūcubentcūcubārentcūcubāverintcūcubāvissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cūcubā—
pres. 2nd pl.cūcubāte—
fut. 2nd sg.cūcubātō—
fut. 3rd sg.cūcubātō—
fut. 2nd pl.cūcubātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cūcubantō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecūcubāre—
perfect infinitivecūcubāvisse—
present participlecūcubāns—
gerundcūcubandī, cūcubandō, cūcubandum

cūcŭbo, āre, v. n. cf. κωκύω, of the screech-owl,
I. to hoot, Auct. Carm. Philom. 14 dub.

Origins

Onomatopoeic.

Quick answers

What does cūcubō mean in Latin?
cūcubō, a verb, means “To hoot like an owl”.
What are the principal parts of cūcubō?
cūcubō, cūcubāre, cūcubāvī (first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce cūcubō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkuː.kʊ.boː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkuː.ku.bo].