cucullus

Etymology

Latin cucullus (“hood”)

Noun

cucullus (plural cuculli)

1. (botany) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as of certain concave and arched sepals or petals.
2. (zoology) A colour marking or structure on the head somewhat resembling a hood.

Alternative forms

• cuculla

Etymology

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 obscūrus (“dark, obscure”) and cutis (“hide”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kuˈkul.lus/, [kʊˈkʊl.lʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kuˈkul.lus/

Noun

cucullus m (genitive cucullī); second declension

1. a covering for the head, hood, cowl
2. a conical wrapper or case

References

• cucullus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cucullus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cucullus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cucullus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cucullus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cucullus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin