Gallus

See also: gallus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin gallus (“rooster, cock, male chicken”).

Proper noun

Gallus m

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

   Synonym: Gallinus

Hypernyms

• (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

• (genus): Gallus gallus (red junglefowl) - type species; Gallus lafayetii (Sri Lanka junglefowl), Gallus sonneratii (grey junglefowl), Gallus varius (green junglefowl) - other species

References

• Junglefowl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gallus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Gallus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.lus/, [ˈɡälːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.lus/, [ˈɡälːus]

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gallus
genitive	Gallī
dative	Gallō
accusative	Gallum
ablative	Gallō
vocative	Galle

Noun

Gallus m (genitive Gallī, feminine Galla); second declension

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine		masculine	feminine
nominative	Gallus	Galla		Gallī	Gallae
genitive	Gallī	Gallae		Gallōrum	Gallārum
dative	Gallō	Gallae		Gallīs	Gallīs
accusative	Gallum	Gallam		Gallōs	Gallās
ablative	Gallō	Gallā		Gallīs	Gallīs
vocative	Galle	Galla		Gallī	Gallae

Descendants

• → Old Irish: Gall
  • Irish: Gall
  • Manx: Goal
  • Scottish Gaelic: Gall
  • Middle Irish: gall
    • Irish: gall
    • Manx: goal
    • Scottish Gaelic: gall

Adjective

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

1. Gallic
2. Galatian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Gallus	Galla	Gallum		Gallī	Gallae	Galla
genitive	Gallī	Gallae	Gallī		Gallōrum	Gallārum	Gallōrum
dative	Gallō	Gallae	Gallō		Gallīs
accusative	Gallum	Gallam	Gallum		Gallōs	Gallās	Galla
ablative	Gallō	Gallā	Gallō		Gallīs
vocative	Galle	Galla	Gallum		Gallī	Gallae	Galla

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Γάλλος (Gállos).

Proper noun

Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension

1. A river of Bithynia and tributary of the Sangarius.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gallus
genitive	Gallī
dative	Gallō
accusative	Gallum
ablative	Gallō
vocative	Galle

Etymology 3

Noun

Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension

1. Alternative letter-case form of gallus (“priest of Cybele”)

Further reading

• 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.