Gallus

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Translingual

Etymology

From Latin gallus (“rooster, cock, male chicken”).

Proper noun

Gallus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – junglefowl, including domestic chickens.
    Synonym: Gallinus

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See lowercase gallus and uppercase Gallus, alternative forms for Gaul (person).

Proper noun

Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen, as in the name Gaius Cornelius Gallus, the first Roman governor of Egypt.
Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Gallus
Genitive Gallī
Dative Gallō
Accusative Gallum
Ablative Gallō
Vocative Galle

Noun

Gallus m (genitive Gallī, feminine Galla); second declension

  1. Alternative letter-case form of gallus (“Gaul; Galatian”)
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Nominative Gallus Galla Gallī Gallae
Genitive Gallī Gallae Gallōrum Gallārum
Dative Gallō Gallīs Gallīs
Accusative Gallum Gallam Gallōs Gallās
Ablative Gallō Gallā Gallīs Gallīs
Vocative Galle Galla Gallī Gallae

Adjective

Gallus (feminine Galla, neuter Gallum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Alternative letter-case form of gallus (“Gallic; Galatian”)
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Gallus Galla Gallum Gallī Gallae Galla
Genitive Gallī Gallae Gallī Gallōrum Gallārum Gallōrum
Dative Gallō Gallō Gallīs
Accusative Gallum Gallam Gallum Gallōs Gallās Galla
Ablative Gallō Gallā Gallō Gallīs
Vocative Galle Galla Gallum Gallī Gallae Galla

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Γάλλος (Gállos).

Proper noun

Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension

  1. A river of Bithynia and tributary of the Sangarius.
Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Gallus
Genitive Gallī
Dative Gallō
Accusative Gallum
Ablative Gallō
Vocative Galle

Etymology 3

Noun

Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension

  1. Alternative letter-case form of gallus (“priest of Cybele”)

References

  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 351
  • “Gallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Gallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Gallus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Gallus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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