Gallus
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin gallus (“rooster, cock”).
Proper noun[edit]
Gallus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – the junglefowl, including domestic chickens.
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), Gallus lafayetii (Sri Lanka junglefowl), Gallus sonneratii (grey junglefowl), Gallus varius (green junglefowl) - 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]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Gallus
Noun[edit]
Gallus m (genitive Gallī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Gallus | Gallī |
Genitive | Gallī | Gallōrum |
Dative | Gallō | Gallīs |
Accusative | Gallum | Gallōs |
Ablative | Gallō | Gallīs |
Vocative | Galle | Gallī |
Adjective[edit]
Gallus (feminine Galla, neuter Gallum); first/second declension
- Gallic, Galatian
Inflection[edit]
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).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Gallus m (genitive Gallī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Gallus |
Genitive | Gallī |
Dative | Gallō |
Accusative | Gallum |
Ablative | Gallō |
Vocative | Galle |
References[edit]
- 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
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
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