Cucullatus
Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish cucullos (“hood”), Latinized as a divine name or cult-epithet; compare Latin cucullus (“cowl, hood”). The ultimate origin is uncertain, but Pokorny writes that both are perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).[1] More at Hooded Spirits.
Proper noun
Cucullātus m sg (genitive Cucullātī); second declension
- A Romano-Celtic deity or divine epithet (“the Hooded One”), attested in Latin inscriptions, chiefly in Noricum, in the dedication formula Genio Cucullātō sacrum.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cucullātus |
| genitive | Cucullātī |
| dative | Cucullātō |
| accusative | Cucullātum |
| ablative | Cucullātō |
| vocative | Cucullāte |
References
- Antal, Adriana (2014). “A god of convalescence. Telesphorus/Genius Cucullatus in Roman Dacia.” Acta Musei Napocensis 51/I, pp. 195–210.
- Petcu, Radu & Petcu-Levei, Ingrid. “A Lead Votive Statuette Depicting a Genius Cucullatus Discovered Near Tomis (Moesia Inferior).”
- “Cucullatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “(s)keu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 951-953