howl

ŭlŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [ulula; cf. Gr. hulaô].

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, [p. 1927] 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.—

Transf., of places, to ring, resound, re-echo with howling:

penitusque cavae plangoribus aedes Femineis ululant,

Verg. A. 2, 488:

resonae ripae,

Sil. 6, 285:

Dindyma sanguineis Gallis,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 269.—

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.

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ex-ŭlŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. ( poet.).

Neutr., to howl or cry out, to howl violently:

nactusque silentia ruris Exululat,

Ov. M. 1, 233; Val. Fl. 8, 171:

solutis Crinibus exululant matres,

Sil. 12, 599. —In dep. form:

dum stupet (Bacchis) Edonis exululata jugis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 42.—

Act., to call or invoke with howlings:

Cybeleia mater Concinitur Phrygiis exululata modis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 507.

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to howl loudly

Cōcytus ( - ŏs), i, m., = Kôkutos [river of lamentation, from kôkuô, to howl, weep], a mythic river in the Lower World, Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; id. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Verg. G. 3, 38; 4, 479; id. A. 6, 132; 6, 297; 6, 323; Hor. C. 2, 14, 18 al.; acc. Gr. Cocyton, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 353; cf.

Heyne,

Verg. A. 6 Excurs. IX.—

Adj.: Cōcytĭus, a, um, of Cocytus:

aqua,

Petr. 120, 69;

and Cocytia aequora,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 471:

virgo, i. e. Alecto,

Verg. A. 7, 479.

Cōcytus ( - ŏs), i, m., = Kôkutos [river of lamentation, from kôkuô, to howl, weep], a mythic river in the Lower World, Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; id. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Verg. G. 3, 38; 4, 479; id. A. 6, 132; 6, 297; 6, 323; Hor. C. 2, 14, 18 al.; acc. Gr. Cocyton, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 353; cf.

Heyne,

Verg. A. 6 Excurs. IX.—

Adj.: Cōcytĭus, a, um, of Cocytus:

aqua,

Petr. 120, 69;

and Cocytia aequora,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 471:

virgo, i. e. Alecto,

Verg. A. 7, 479.

Cōcytus ( - ŏs), i, m., = Kôkutos [river of lamentation, from kôkuô, to howl, weep], a mythic river in the Lower World, Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; id. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Verg. G. 3, 38; 4, 479; id. A. 6, 132; 6, 297; 6, 323; Hor. C. 2, 14, 18 al.; acc. Gr. Cocyton, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 353; cf.

Heyne,

Verg. A. 6 Excurs. IX.—

Adj.: Cōcytĭus, a, um, of Cocytus:

aqua,

Petr. 120, 69;

and Cocytia aequora,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 471:

virgo, i. e. Alecto,

Verg. A. 7, 479.

frĕmo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and a. [cf. bremô, bromos, brontê].

Neutr., to make a low roaring, to roar, resound, to growl, murmur, rage, snort, howl (class.;

syn.: frendo, strideo, strepo, crepo): (ventus ibi) Speluncas inter magnas fremit ante tumultu,

Lucr. 6, 581; cf. Verg. A. 1, 56:

venti immani turbine,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 25:

mare,

Val. Fl. 2, 646; cf.:

Ister tumidā aquā,

id. 6, 329:

montes undaeque,

Stat. Th. 12, 654:

saxa concita murali tormento,

whiz, Verg. A. 12, 922:

viae laetitiā ludisque plausuque,

resound, id. ib. 9, 717:

agri festis ululatibus,

Ov. M. 3, 528:

irritata canum cum primum immane Molossūm Mollia ricta fremunt,

Lucr. 5, 1064:

leo ore cruento,

Verg. A. 9, 341; Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 48; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 104 Müll.:

equus,

neighs, Verg. A. 11, 496; 599; Hor. C. 4, 14, 23; id. Epod. 9, 17:

lupus ad caulas,

Verg. A. 9, 60:

tigres,

Val. Fl. 2, 260:

fremant omnes licet, dicam quod sentio,

to mutter, grumble, Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

cum in basilica Julia... omnia clamoribus fremerent,

Quint. 12, 5, 6:

omnes magno circum clamore fremebant,

Verg. A. 6, 175:

cunctique fremebant Caelicolae assensu vario,

id. ib. 10, 96:

cuncti simul ore fremebant Dardanidae,

id. ib. 1, 559;

5, 555: animisque fremens,

id. ib. 12, 371; cf.:

stabat acerba fremens Aeneas,

id. ib. 12, 398:

patres, erecti gaudio, fremunt,

Liv. 6, 6, 17: rumor de tibicine Fremit in theatro, Phaedr. [p. 779] 5, 7, 21.—

Act., to murmur, grumble, growl, rage at or after any thing, to complain loudly.

With acc.:

dixerat haec unoque omnes eadem ore fremebant,

Verg. A. 11, 132: arma amens fremit;

arma toro tectisque requirit, Saevit amor ferri,

id. ib. 7, 460: si plebs fremere imperia coepisset, i. e. to murmur at, Cass. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 56.—

With an object-clause:

jam vero Arrius consulatum sibi ereptum fremit,

Cic. Att. 2, 7,3:

Pedum expugnandum ac delendum senatus fremit,

Liv. 8, 13, 1:

praetorianus miles, non virtute se sed proditione victum fremebat,

Tac. H. 2, 44:

(M. Bruti) epistolae frementes, fibulas tribunicias ex auro geri,

id. ib. 4, 35; Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 39.

plōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; cf. pluo].

To cry out, to cry aloud = clamare: SI PARENTEM PVER VERBERIT. AST OLLE PLORASSIT, and he cry out, Lex. Serv. Tull. ap. Fest. p. 230 Müll.—

To wail, lament, to weep aloud.

Neutr. (class.;

syn.: lugeo, fleo): ego hercle faciam plorantem illum,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 164:

ne plora,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 3; id. Ps. 4, 4, 1:

eam plorare,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 8:

plorando fessus sum,

Cic. Att. 15, 9: date puero panem, ne ploret, Auct. ap. Quint. 6, 1, 47:

lacrimandum est, non plorandum,

Sen. Ep. 63, 1: jubeo te plorare, I bid you howl (in a double sense, alluding to their lachrymose poetry and to the chastisement its authors deserve), Hor. S. 1, 10, 91.—With dat., to or before one:

ille suae (puellae) plorabit sobrius,

Tib. 2, 5, 103:

plorabo tibi,

Vulg. Jer. 48, 32.—

Transf., of things: mimus quis melior plorante gulā, a complaining or clamorous appetite, Juv. 6, 158:

at tu, victrix provincia, ploras,

id. 1, 50.—

Act., to weep over any thing, to lament, bewail ( poet.).

With acc.:

turpe commissum,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 38:

raptum juvenem,

id. ib. 4, 2, 22:

funera,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 245:

quam multi talia plorent,

Juv. 14, 150; 15, 134:

Rachel plorans filios,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 18; id. Jer. 31, 15.—

With object-clause:

aquam hercle plorat, quom lavat, profundere,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 29:

ploravere, suis non respondere favorem Speratum meritis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 9:

me tamen obicere incolis Plorares Aquilonibus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 3 sq.

rŭdo (rūdo, Pers. 3, 9), īvi, ītum ( gen. plur. part. rudentūm, Verg. A. 7, 16), 3, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. root ru-, to howl; Gr. ôruô; cf. Lat.: ravis, ravus, raucus], to roar, bellow, bray.

Lit., of animals;

e. g. of lions,

Verg. A. 7, 16;

of stags,

id. G. 3, 374;

of bears,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 298; esp. freq. of the braying of an ass, Ov. A. A. 3, 290; id. F. 1, 433; 6, 342; Pers. 3, 9.—

Transf., of men, to roar or cry out: haec inquam rudet ex rostris, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll.:

(Cacum) insueta rudentem Alcides telis premit,

Verg. A. 8, 248.—

Of things: rudentem proram,

creaking, groaning, Verg. A. 3, 561.

rūmor, ōris, m. [cf. Gr. ôruô, to howl; orumagdos, din; Sanscr. root ru-, roar; ravas, uproar; Lat.: raucus, rudo].

Lit., the talk of the many, whether relating facts or expressing opinions.

Common talk, unauthenticated report, hearsay, rumor (the prevalent and class. signif.; used equally in sing. and plur.; syn.: fama, sermo); absol., or with a mention of its purport.

Absol.: est hoc Gallicae consuetudinis, uti mercatores in oppidis vulgus circumsistat, quibusque ex regionibus veniant quasque ibi res cognoverint, pronuntiare cogant. His rumoribus atque auditionibus permoti de summis saepe rebus consilia ineunt, quorum eos e vestigio poenitere necesse est;

cum incertis rumoribus serviant, et plerique ad voluntatem eorum ficta respondeant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 5; cf.:

aliquid rumore ac famā accipere... falsis rumoribus terreri,

id. ib. 6, 20:

multa rumor perferet,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1; cf.

also, in the description of the house of Fame, in Ovid: mixtaque cum veris passim commenta vagantur Milia rumorum confusaque verba volutant,

Ov. M. 12, 55 (v. the passage in its connection):

rumoribus mecum pugnas,

Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 9:

rumores Africanos excipere,

id. Deiot. 9, 25:

senatus vulgi rumoribus exagitatus,

Sall. C. 29, 1:

multa rumor fingebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 53:

addunt et affingunt rumoribus Galli, quod res poscere videbatur,

id. B. G. 7, 1:

frigidus a Rostris manat per compita rumor,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 50 et saep. —

With the purport of the rumor introduced by an object- or relative-clause; by de, rarely by gen.

Postquam populi rumorem intelleximus, Studiose expetere vos Plautinas fabulas, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 11: cum interea rumor venit, Datum iri gladiatores; populus convolat, etc., Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 31; id. Heaut. prol. 16:

crebri ad eum rumores afferebantur litterisque item Labieni certior fiebat, omnes Belgas contra populum Romanum conjurare, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

meum gnatum rumor est amare,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 14; cf.:

rem te valde bene gessisse rumor erat,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

serpit hic rumor: Scis tu illum accusationem cogitare? etc.,

id. Mur. 21, 45:

crebro vulgi rumore lacerabatur, tamquam viros et insontes ob invidiam aut metum exstinxisset,

Tac. A. 15, 73:

subdito rumore, tamquam Mesopotamiam invasurus,

id. ib. 6, 36.—

With de:

nihil perfertur ad nos praeter rumores de oppresso Dolabellā,

Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1:

de Aeduorum defectione rumores afferebantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 59:

de vitā imperatoris dubii rumores allati sunt,

Liv. 28, 24:

graves de te rumores,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 25:

exstinctis rumoribus de auxiliis legionum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin. —

With gen. (very rare):

cenae rumor,

Suet. Aug. 70:

belli civilis rumores,

Tac. H. 3, 45: rumor prostratae regi pudicitiae Suet. Caes. 2.—

Common or general opinion, current report, the popular voice; and objectively, fame, reputation (less freq. but class.):

famam atque rumores pars altera consensum civitatis et velut publicum testimonium vocat: altera sermonem sine ullo certo auctore dispersum, cui malignitas initium dederit, incrementum credulitas,

Quint. 5, 3, 1; cf.:

adversus famam rumoresque hominum si satis firmus steteris, etc.,

Liv. 22, 39:

qui erit rumor populi, si id feceris?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 18:

totam opinionem (populi) parva nonnumquam commutat aura rumoris,

Cic. Mur. 17, 35: rumoribus adversa in pravitatem, secunda in casum, fortunam in temeritatem, declinando corrumpebant, with their slanders, misrepresentations, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 385, 3:

quos rumor asperserat, ii, etc.,

Curt. 10, 31, 18:

rumorem quendam et plausum popularem esse quaesitum,

Cic. Clu. 47, 131:

rumori servire,

Plaut. Trin, 3, 2, 14; cf. in the lusus verbb. with rumen: ego rumorem parvi facio, dum sit rumen qui impleam, Pompon. ap. Non. 18, 15:

omnem infimae plebis rumorem affectavit,

Tac. H. 2, 91:

Marcellus adverso rumore esse,

Liv. 27, 20:

flagret rumore malo cum Hic atque ille,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 125; Tac. H. 2, 93 fin.: invidiam alicui concitare secundo populi rumore, with the concurring or favorable judgment, with the approbation, Fenest. ap. Non. 385, 17; so, rumore secundo, Suev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1; old poet in Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; Verg. A. 8, 90; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf.:

aliquid accipere secundo rumore,

Tac. A. 3, 29:

claro apud volgum rumore erat,

id. ib. 15, 48.—

Transf., a murmuring, murmur of a stream:

amoena fluenta Subterlabentis tacito rumore Mosellae,

Aus. Mos. 22.