Gallus

From Latin gallus (“rooster, cock, male chicken”).

Gallus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – junglefowl, including domestic chickens.

   Synonym: Gallinus

• (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

• (genus): Gallus gallus (red junglefowl) - type species; Gallus lafayetii (Sri Lanka junglefowl), Gallus sonneratii (grey junglefowl), Gallus varius (green junglefowl) - other species

• Junglefowl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gallus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gallus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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

See lowercase gallus and uppercase Gallus, alternative forms for Gaul (person).

Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen, as in the name Gaius Cornelius Gallus, the first Roman governor of Egypt.

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Gallus m (genitive Gallī, feminine Galla); second declension

1. Alternative letter-case form of gallus (“Gaul; Galatian”)

First/second-declension adjective.

Gallus (feminine Galla, neuter Gallum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative letter-case form of gallus (“Gallic; Galatian”)

First/second-declension adjective.

From Ancient Greek Γάλλος (Gállos).

Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension

1. A river of Bithynia and tributary of the Sangarius.

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Gallus m sg (genitive Gallī); second declension

1. Alternative letter-case form of gallus (“priest of Cybele”)

• 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.