Gallus

See also: gallus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin gallus (“rooster, cock”).

Proper noun

Gallus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – the junglefowl including chickens.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

Likely derived from Proto-Celtic *galn- (“to be able”).[1] See also Ancient Greek Γαλάτης (Galátēs) and Κελτός (Keltós), which might be from the same source.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.lus/, [ˈɡal.lʊs]

Proper noun

Gallus

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

Noun

Gallus m (genitive Gallī); second declension

  1. a Gaul, an inhabitant of Gaul.
  2. a Galatian

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative Gallus Gallī
genitive Gallī Gallōrum
dative Gallō Gallīs
accusative Gallum Gallōs
ablative Gallō Gallīs
vocative Galle Gallī

Adjective

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

  1. Gallic, Galatian

Inflection

First/second declension.

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).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.lus/, [ˈɡal.lʊs]

Proper noun

Gallus m (genitive Gallī); second declension

  1. A river of Bithynia and tributary of the Sangarius

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular
nominative Gallus
genitive Gallī
dative Gallō
accusative Gallum
ablative Gallō
vocative Galle

References

  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, 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
  1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
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