ŭlŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [ulula; cf. Gr. ὑλάω].
I Neutr. , to howl , yell , shriek , utter a mournful cry.
A 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.—
B 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.—
II 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.