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6-letter words (1 found)

GALLUS,

5-letter words (5 found)

AGLUS,GALLS,GULAS,GULLS,GUSLA,

4-letter words (15 found)

AGLU,ALLS,ALUS,GALL,GALS,GAUS,GULA,GULL,GULS,LAGS,LUGS,SALL,SAUL,SLAG,SLUG,

3-letter words (17 found)

AGS,ALL,ALS,ALU,GAL,GAS,GAU,GUL,GUS,LAG,LAS,LUG,SAG,SAL,SAU,SUG,UGS,

2-letter words (7 found)

AG,AL,AS,GU,LA,UG,US,

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Definitions and meaning of gallus

gallus

Noun

gallus

  1. plural of gallu

See also

  • one-gallus

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *galsos, enlargement of *gl̥s-o-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *gols-o-, from *gelH- (“to call”); compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *galsas (“voice”), Proto-Germanic *kalzōną (“to call”), Albanian gjuhë (“tongue; language”), and perhaps Welsh galw (“call”).

Noun

gallus m (genitive gallī); second declension

  1. a cock, rooster
Usage notes

The term gallus is inherently masculine and refers to a "rooster"/"cock" (male chicken). The term gallīna is used for a "hen" (female chicken). The term pullus refers to a "chicken" without specifying the sex of the animal, although it often refers to a "chick".

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms
Descendants

See also

  • pullus
  • cāpō

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

  • Gallus

Noun

gallus m (genitive gallī, feminine galla); second declension

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

Second-declension noun.

Adjective

gallus (feminine galla, neuter gallum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Gallic
  2. Galatian
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek γάλλος (gállos). Considered by some ancient and modern authorities to derive from the river Gallus, due to the notion that "its water made those who drank of it mad". A connection to the similar Sumerian priests of Inanna called gala has been suggested, but evidence is lacking.

Noun

gallus m (genitive gallī); second declension

  1. one of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia and Rome who wore feminine clothes and typically castrated themselves
Usage notes
  • Some writers, such as Catullus, use the feminine singular galla (or feminine plural gallae, or both) instead.
Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

  • “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 Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • gallus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “gallus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1]
  • “gallus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gallus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “gallus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Scots

Alternative forms

  • gallous

Etymology

A corruption of gallows, used attributively.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡæləs/

Adjective

gallus (comparative mair gallus, superlative maist gallus)

  1. daring; confident; cheeky.
  2. (obsolete) fit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous

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