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Latin
Etymology
gallus (“rooster”) + canō (“sing”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
gallicinium n (genitive galliciniī or gallicinī); second declension
- The period of the early morning when roosters begin to crow, cockcrow, daybreak.
Usage notes
In Bede et al., a particular period of night following intempestum (“midnight”) and before the first light of dawn.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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