Gallus

See also: gallus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin gallus (“rooster, cock”).

Proper noun

Gallus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – the junglefowl including chickens.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Phasianinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Gallus lafayetii, Gallus sonneratii, Gallus varius - species

Further reading

• Junglefowl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gallus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gallus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

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Latin

Etymology

Likely derived from Proto-Celtic *galn- (“to be able”). See also Ancient Greek Γαλάτης (Galátēs) and Κελτός (Keltós), which might be from the same source.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.lus/, [ˈɡal.lʊs]

Proper noun

Gallus

1. A Roman cognomen, as in the name Gaius Cornelius Gallus, the first Roman governor of Egypt.

Noun

Gallus m (genitive Gallī); second declension

1. a Gaul, an inhabitant of Gaul.
2. a Galatian

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Gallus	Gallī
genitive	Gallī	Gallōrum
dative	Gallō	Gallīs
accusative	Gallum	Gallōs
ablative	Gallō	Gallīs
vocative	Galle	Gallī

Adjective

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

1. Gallic, Galatian

Inflection

First/second declension.

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

References

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)