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Gallus

Gallus

farmyard cock

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 156 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. gallus — de Vaan

gallus 'farmyard cock' [rru o] (P1.+) Derivatives: gallina 'hen' (P1.+), gallinaceus cof poulty' (P1.+), galtlnarius 'one who looks after poultry' (Varro+), IE cognates: W. galw 'to call* < PCI. *galuo-; OCS g/os-b, Ru. golos 'voice' < *ga/olso-, OCS giagoh 'word' < *ga/ol-ga/olr9 glagolati 'to speak5; OIc. kalla. Theoretically, the bird could have been denominated 'the Gaulish one' (Gallus), but there are no … — [de Vaan, s.v. gallus, p. 268]

2. gallus — Lewis & Short

gallus, i, m.kindr. to Sanscr. grī, cry; Gr. gh=rus, speech; Lat. garrio, garrulus; Engl. call,

I a cock, dunghill-cock, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 4; 3, 9, 3; Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56 sq.; Juv. 13, 233; Hor. S. 1, 1, 10; Mart. 9, 69, 3; Plin. 10, 21, 25, § 50: ad cantum galli secundi, at second cock-crow, Juv. 9, 107; cf. Vulg. Marc. 14, 30; 68; 72.—Prov.: gallus in sterquilinio suo plurimum potest, i. e. every man is cock of his own dunghill, Sen. Apocol. 402.

3. Gallus — Lewis & Short

Gallus, i, m.,

I a Gaul; and adj. Gallic; v. Galli, I. and II. D.

4. Gallus — Lewis & Short

Gallus, i, m., = *ga/llos Strab.,

I a tributary of the Sagaris of Phrygia and Bithynia, whose water, according to the fable, made those who drank it mad, now Kadsha Su or Gökssu, Ov. F. 4, 364; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 147; 6, 1, 1, § 4; 31, 2, 5, § 9; Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 263.—
II Derivv.
A Galli, ōrum, m., the priests of Cybele, so called because of their raving, Ov. F. 4, 361 sq.; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146; 11, 49, 109, § 261; 35, 12, 46, § 165; Paul. ex Fest. p. 95 Müll.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 121.—In sing.: Gallus, i, m., a priest of Cybele, Mart. 3, 81; 11, 74; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 2: resupinati cessantia tympana Galli, Juv. 8, 176.—And satirically (on account of their emasculated condition), in the fem.: Gallae, ārum, Cat. 63, 12, and 34.—
B Gallĭcus, a, um, adj.
1 Of or belonging to the river Gallus, poet. i. q. Phrygian, Trojan: miles, Prop. 2, 13. 48 (3, 5, 32 M.).—
2 (Acc. to II. A., of or belonging to the priests of Cybele; hence, transf.) Of or belonging to the priests of Isis, Gallic: turma, the troop of the priests of Isis, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 18.

5. Gallus — Lewis & Short

Gallus, i, m.,

I a Roman surname in the gens Cornelia, Aquilia, Sulpicia, etc. So in partic. C. Cornelius Gallus, of Forum Julii, a Roman poet, a friend of Virgil, Verg. E. 10; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 64; Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 5.

In the wild

6 of 1,453 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. gallus (scan pp. 268-269; entry #667). Root candidates: *galuo-, *gal-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gallus (scan p. 291; entry #4550).

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