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.

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.

Adjective

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

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

First/second-declension adjective.

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.

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.