(verb) : ŭlŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, and
* A. [ulula; cf. Gr. ὑλάω].
* Neutr., to howl, yell, shriek, utter a mournful cry.
* Lit.: canis ululat acute, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. nictare, p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 346 Vahl. : canes,Verg. A. 6, 257; Ov. M. 15, 797 lupi, Verg. G. 1, 486; cf. id. A. 7, 18: simulacra ferarum. Ov. M. 4, 404: summoque ulularunt vertice Nymphae,Verg. A. 4, 168; Cat. 63, 28; Hor. S. 1, 8, 25: Tisiphone thalamis ululavit in illis,Ov. H. 2, 117: per vias ululasse animas,id. F. 2, 553; id. M. 3, 725; 9, 642; Luc. 6, 261 al.; cf.: ululanti voce canere,Cic. Or. 8, 27.
* Act., to cry or howl out to any one; to howl forth, utter with howlings, cry out; to wail or howl over any thing; to fill a place with howling, with yells or shrieks (poet., and mostly in part. perf.): quem sectus ululat Gallus,Mart. 5, 41, 3: nocturnisque Hecate triviis ululata per urbem,Verg. A. 4, 609: ululata Lucina,Stat. Th. 3, 158: orbatam propriis ululavit civibus urbem,wailed over, bewailed,Prud. Ham. 452: ululataque tellus intremit,Val. Fl. 4, 608: juga lupis,Stat. S. 1, 3, 85: antra Ogygiis furoribus,id. Th. 1, 328: aula puerperiis,Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 139; cf.: tu dulces lituos ululataque proelia gaudes,filled with howling,Stat. Th. 9, 724.