Gallus
See also: gallus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin gallus (“rooster, cock, male chicken”).
Proper noun edit
Gallus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – junglefowl, including domestic chickens.
- Synonym: Gallinus
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Galloanseri - superorder; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Phasianinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Gallus gallus (red junglefowl) - type species; Gallus lafayetii (Sri Lanka junglefowl), Gallus sonneratii (grey junglefowl), Gallus varius (green junglefowl) - other species
References edit
- Junglefowl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gallus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Gallus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.lus/, [ˈɡälːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.lus/, [ˈɡälːus]
Etymology 1 edit
See lowercase gallus and uppercase Gallus, alternative forms for Gaul (person).
Proper noun edit
Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen, as in the name Gaius Cornelius Gallus, the first Roman governor of Egypt.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Gallus |
Genitive | Gallī |
Dative | Gallō |
Accusative | Gallum |
Ablative | Gallō |
Vocative | Galle |
Noun edit
Gallus m (genitive Gallī, feminine Galla); second declension
- Alternative letter-case form of gallus (“Gaul; Galatian”)
Declension edit
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 edit
Gallus (feminine Galla, neuter Gallum); first/second-declension adjective
- Alternative letter-case form of gallus (“Gallic; Galatian”)
Declension edit
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 edit
From Ancient Greek Γάλλος (Gállos).
Proper noun edit
Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Gallus |
Genitive | Gallī |
Dative | Gallō |
Accusative | Gallum |
Ablative | Gallō |
Vocative | Galle |
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension
- Alternative letter-case form of gallus (“priest of Cybele”)
References edit
- 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.