gallicrus

Latin

Etymology

From gallus (“cock, rooster”) +‎ crūs (“leg”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.li.kruːs/, [ˈɡälːʲɪkruːs̠] or IPA^(key): /ɡalˈlik.ruːs/, [ɡälˈlʲɪkruːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.li.krus/, [ˈɡälːikrus] or IPA^(key): /ɡalˈlik.rus/, [ɡälˈlikrus]

Noun

gallicrūs n (genitive gallicrūris); third declension

1. crowfoot (any plant of the genus Ranunculus)

   Synonym: rānunculus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gallicrūs	gallicrūra
Genitive	gallicrūris	gallicrūrum
Dative	gallicrūrī	gallicrūribus
Accusative	gallicrūs	gallicrūra
Ablative	gallicrūre	gallicrūribus
Vocative	gallicrūs	gallicrūra

Further reading

• “gallicrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gallicrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.