noun · masculinesecond declension
cucullus
cucullus m (genitive cucullī)
Classical[kʊˈkʊl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[kuˈkul.lus]
Meaning
- masculinea covering for the head, hood, cowl
Illinc cucullō prōspicit caput tēctus
86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 5.14.6.7 - masculinea conical wrapper or case
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cucullus | cucullī cucūllae |
| genitive | cucullī cucūllae | cucullōrum cucūllārum |
| dative | cucullō cucūllae | cucullīs |
| accusative | cucullum cucūllam | cucullōs cucūllās |
| ablative | cucullō | cucullīs |
| vocative | cuculle | cucullī cucūllae |
cŭcullus, i, m. (cŭculla, ae, f., in eccl. Lat., Paul. Nol. 21, 389; Hier. Vit. Hil. 46; Ennod. Ep. 9, 14) [root kal-, of cella, clam, καλύπτω; cf. culleus],
I. a covering.
I. Of the head, a cap, hood, fastened to a garment, Col. 1, 8, 9; Mart. 11, 98, 10; Juv. 3, 170;
as a disguise, id. 8, 145 al.—II. Of the feet, Capitol. Pert. 8 dub.—
III. Of merchandise, a conical wrapper or case, Mart. 3, 2, 5.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cucullus ī, m
2 CAL-, a hood, cowl, cap on a cloak, Iu.
cucūllus (-ūlus) ī, m
a cuckoo, H.
Origins
Likely a loanword, perhaps from Gaulish or Illyrian; compare Gaulish Cucullātus (“name of a Gaulish god”). Alternatively (or perhaps in tandem with the above), a reduplicative form of Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognates include Latin cūlus, Old Irish cúl (“bottom”), Lithuanian kẽvalas (“skin, cover”) and indirectly Old English hȳd (English hide). Related to cutis (“hide”).
Descendants
- Catalancogoll
- Catalancucurull
- Frenchcoule
- Frenchcagoule
- Italiancocollo
- Italiancogolo
- Englishcowlfrom Old English cugele
- Portuguesecaculo
- Portuguesecogulo
- Portuguesecuculo