sovay: (Rotwang)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote 2006-07-04 08:47 pm (UTC)

ŭlŭla, -ae, f., "screech-owl." Related to the Sanskrit ulūka, old German uwila, ūla, new German Eule, and consequently the English owl. See also the Greek ὀλολύζω, "to raise a (ritual) cry."

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