alectoria

See also: alectória and Alectoria

English

Etymology

From Latin alectoria, formed from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).

Noun

alectoria

1. A magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks.

Translations

magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks

• Portuguese: alectória f

Anagrams

• aleatoric, aloricate

Latin

Etymology

Feminine substantive of alectorius (“of or pertaining to a cock”), from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.lekˈto.ri.a/, [äɫ̪ɛkˈt̪ɔriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.lekˈto.ri.a/, [älekˈt̪ɔːriä]

Noun

alectoria f (genitive alectoriae); first declension

1. (with gemma) A kind of magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alectoria	alectoriae
Genitive	alectoriae	alectoriārum
Dative	alectoriae	alectoriīs
Accusative	alectoriam	alectoriās
Ablative	alectoriā	alectoriīs
Vocative	alectoria	alectoriae

References

• “ălectŏrĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alectoria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• alectoria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin alectoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).

Noun

alectoria f (plural alectorias)

1. alectoria

Further reading

• “alectoria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014