Gallus

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin gallus, from Proto-Italic *galsos, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“to call”). === Proper noun === Gallus m 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.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡal.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡal.lus] === Etymology 1 === Likely derived from Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”). See also Ancient Greek Γαλάτης (Galátēs), which might be from the same source. ==== Noun ==== Gallus m (genitive Gallī, feminine Galla); second declension Gaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France) (usually male) a Galatian ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Descendants ===== → Catalan: gal → Czech: Gal → Italian: gallo → Old Irish: GallIrish: GallManx: GoalScottish Gaelic: GallMiddle Irish: gallIrish: gallManx: goalScottish Gaelic: gall → Polish: Gal → Portuguese: galo → Russian: галл (gall) → Spanish: galo ==== Adjective ==== Gallus (feminine Galla, neuter Gallum); first/second-declension adjective Gallic, Gaulish Galatian ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Proper noun ==== Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension A Roman cognomen, as in the name Gaius Cornelius Gallus, the first Roman governor of Egypt. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, singular only. === Etymology 2 === From Ancient Greek Γάλλος (Gállos). ==== Proper noun ==== Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension A river of Bithynia and tributary of the Sangarius. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, singular only. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension alternative letter-case form of gallus (“priest of Cybele”) === References === === 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.