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Galla2

Galla2

gall, bile

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Where it lives

  • De Medicina 24 · 2.34/10k
  • Carmina 2 · 1.55/10k
  • Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
  • Naturalis Historia 32 · 0.81/10k
  • Elegiae 2 · 0.79/10k
  • Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
  • Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4 · 0.51/10k

What it meant

1. galla — de Vaan

galla 'gall, bile' < PGm. *gallon-. Etymology uncertain. The nom.sg. must be from *felJ, since it did not change to *fol (Cowgili 1978: 38). *Fell was analogically introduced for the original nom.sg. (*jfe/o?), and then -11 was simplified to -I The gen.sg. 'fellis might reflect *fel-n-os. But intervocalic -//- can also stem from *-Λν-. Alternatively,^/ and its paradigm may have been analogically influenced by mel, … — [de Vaan, s.v. galla, p. 223]

2. galla — Lewis & Short

galla, ae, f.

I Oak-apple, gall-nut, Plin. 16, 6, 9, § 26; 24, 4, 5, § 9; Col. 9, 13, 7; Mart. Cap. 3, § 225.—Plur., Col. 6, 7, 2. —In a pun with Galla, a female Gaul; v. 1. Galli, I.—
II A harsh, inferior kind of wine, Lucil. ap. Non. 445, 18; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.

3. Galla — Lewis & Short

Galla, ae, f.,

I a female Gaul; v. 1. Galli, I.

4. Galla — Lewis & Short

Galla, ae, f.,

I a priest of Cybele; v. 3. Gallus, II. A.

In the wild

6 of 66 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. galla (scan pp. 223-224; entry #542). Root candidates: *gallon-, *ghelH-, *dhehrIu-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. galla (scan p. 290; entry #4539).

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