Gallus

Gallus

See also: gallus

Translingual

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin gallus.

    Proper noun

    Gallus m

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

    Hypernyms

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    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

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

      Noun

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

      1. Gaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France) (usually male)
      2. a Galatian
      Declension

      First/second-declension adjective.

      singular plural
      masculine feminine masculine feminine
      nominative Gallus Galla Gallī Gallae
      genitive Gallī Gallae Gallōrum Gallārum
      dative Gallō Gallae Gallīs Gallīs
      accusative Gallum Gallam Gallōs Gallās
      ablative Gallō Gallā Gallīs Gallīs
      vocative Galle Galla Gallī Gallae
      Descendants
      • Catalan: gal
      • Czech: Gal
      • Italian: gallo
      • Old Irish: Gall
      • Polish: Gal
      • Portuguese: galo
      • Russian: галл (gall)
      • Sicilian: gaḍḍu, jaḍḍu
      • Spanish: galo

      Adjective

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

      1. Gallic, Gaulish
      2. Galatian
      Declension

      First/second-declension adjective.

      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.

      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

      1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 149

      Further reading

      • 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.