gallicinium

== Latin == === Alternative forms === gallecinium === Etymology === From gallus (“rooster”) +‎ canō (“sing”) +‎ -ium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡal.lɪˈkɪ.ni.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡal.liˈt͡ʃiː.ni.um] === Noun === gallicinium n (genitive galliciniī); second declension (Classical Latin, Late Latin) cockcrow (the time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light) Synonym: gallī cantus ==== Usage notes ==== In Bede et al., a particular period of night following intempestum (“midnight”) and before the first light of dawn. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Hypernyms ==== nox ==== Related terms ==== gallī cantus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: gallicinio === References === “gallicinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gallicinium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "Anglo-Saxon Manual of Astronomy", p. 6, in Popular Treatises on Science Written during the Middle Ages (1841), London: Historical Society of Science.