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cuccuru (cŭcurru), a word of unknown signif.: Afranius in Cinerario: id me celabat cuccuru. An nomen est ut veru, genu? Charis. p. 214 P. (Afran. Com. Rel. v. 22 Rib.); cf. cucurio.

†† cūci, n. indecl. [Pers.; Gr. κοῦκι], a tree similar to the palm; acc. to Sprengel, Hyphaene coriacea, Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62.

cucubălus, i, f., the plant called also strychnos and strumus, Plin. 27, 8, 44, § 68; Marc. Emp. p. 250.

cūcŭbo, āre, v. n. [cf. κωκύω], of the screech-owl, to hoot, Auct. Carm. Philom. 14 dub.

cŭculla, ae, v. cucullus.

cŭcullātus, a, um, adj. [cucullus], hooded, having a hood (late Lat.): vestis, Isid. Orig. 19, 24, 17.

cŭcullĭo (cŭculĭo, Cato, R. R. 2, 3), ōnis, m. [cucullus], a covering for the head, a cap, Cato, 1. 1.; Lampr. Elag. 32; Capitol. Ver. 4.

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], a covering.

  1. 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.
  2. II. Of the feet, Capitol. Pert. 8 dub.
  3. III. Of merchandise, a conical wrapper or case, Mart. 3, 2, 5.

* cŭcŭlo, āre, v. n. [cuculus], onomatop. of the cuckoo, to cry cuckoo, Auct. Carm. Philom. 35.

cŭcūlus (cŭcŭlus, Auct. Carm. Philom. 35), i, m. [Sanscr. ku-, to cry; cf. κωκύω], a cuckoo, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249; as a term of reproach, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 73; id. Ps. 1, 1, 94; esp. of foolish men, id. Trin. 2, 1, 18; and of dilatory husbandmen, who are not through with their pruning until the cuckoo is heard (after the vernal equinox), Plin. 1. 1.; Hor. S. 1, 7, 31; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249; Voss ad Verg. G. 2, 403.

cŭcŭma, ae, f. [coquo].

  1. I. A cookingvessel, a kettle, Petr. 135, 4; Dig. 48, 8, 1.
  2. II. Perh., a small private bath (opp. thermae), Mart. 10, 79, 4.

* cŭcŭmella, ae, f. dim. [cucuma], a little kettle, Dig. 8, 5, 17.

cŭcŭmĕrācĕus, a, um, adj., cucumber-like, of cucumber, Theod. Prisc. p. 2, 3.

cŭcŭmĕrārĭum, ii, n. [cucumis], a cucumber-field (eccl. Lat., transl. of the Heb. [??], Isa. 1, 8), Tert. adv. Jud. 3; Hier. in Isa. 1, 1, 8.

cŭcŭmis, ĕris (is, sometimes in the Nat. Hist. of Pliny; e. g. acc. cucumim, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 20, 1, 2, § 3; abl. cucumi, id. 20, 9, 40, § 103 al.; together with cucumeris, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68; 19, 12, 61, § 186: cucumeres, id. 19, 5, 24, § 69 (cucumis, Sillig): cucumerum, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68 al.), m.

  1. I. A cucumber, Col. 11, 3, 48; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 25; Verg. G. 4, 122 al.
  2. II. A sea-plant, similar in color and odor to the cucumber, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3.

cŭcurbĭta, ae, f., a gourd.

  1. I. Prop., Col. 11, 3, 48 sq.; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 16.
  2. II. Transf., in medic. lang., a cup, cupping-glass (of similar form), Scrib. Comp. 46; 67; Juv. 14, 58: cucurbitae medicinales, Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 123 al.
  3. III. Trop., a blockhead, Petr. 39.

cŭcurbĭtārĭus, ii, m. [cucurbita], a gourd planter, Hier. Ep. 112, n. 22.

* cŭcurbĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [cucurbita, II.], a cupping, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 32.

cŭcurbĭtīnus, a, um, adj. [cucurbita], like or similar to a gourd: pira, the gourdpear, Cato, R. R. 7, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56: ficus, Cloatius ap. Macr. S. 2, 16, 1; 2, 15, 6.

cŭcurbĭtŭla, ae, f. dim. [cucurbita].

  1. I. Silvestris, the bitter gourd, Scrib. Comp. 106.
  2. II. A cupping-glass, Cels. 2, 11; 3, 18.

cŭcurbĭtŭlāris, is, f. [cucurbitula], the field cypress, = chamaepitys, Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 86.

* cūcūrĭo, īre, v. n. [root kar-, to sound; cf. Gr. κρέκω, κραυγή], to crow, Auct. Carm. Philom. 25.

cŭcurru, v. cuccuru.

cucus, i, m., a daw: interea Cucus, si in ludum iret, potuisset fieri ut probe litteras sciret, Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 6.

cucutĭum, ii, n. [cf. cucullus], a kind of hood, Treb. Poll. Claud. 17, 6.