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Often on returning at this season from an evening party, we discern dark receding forms and hear voices too, "visæ _canes_ ululare per umbras," as _they_ glide moaning away and are lost in the obscurity of the off streets.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various
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The Greek verb [Greek: ololuzo] and the Latin ululare, with an English howl and wail, are probably derived from this ancient form of lamentation.
A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884
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Nam cernebat variis dæmones rugire cruciatibus, & ante sepulchra sanctorum ululare, homines more luporum vocibus latrare canum, fremere leonum, sibilare serpentum, mugire taurorum, alios rotare caput & post tergum terram vertice tangere, suspensisque pede fæminis vestes non defluere in faciem_.
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John Isaac Newton 1684
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