different between gallus vs gallous
gallus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /??al.lus/, [??äl???s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /??al.lus/, [???l?us]
Etymology 1
From *galso-, enlargement of *gl?s-o-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *gols-o- (compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *galsas (“voice”), Proto-Germanic *kalz?n? (“to call”), Albanian gjuhë (“tongue; language”), and perhaps Welsh galw (“call”)).
Noun
gallus m (genitive gall?); second declension
- a cock, rooster
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Usage notes
The term gallus is inherently masculine and refers to a "rooster"/"cock" (male chicken). The term gall?na 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".
Derived terms
Descendants
- Corsican: ghjaddu, ghjallu
- Franco-Provençal: jal
- Italian: gallo
- Old French: jal
- Tourangeau: jau
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: gallu
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: gall
- Occitan: gal, jal
- Old Portuguese: galo
- Galician: galo
- Portuguese: galo
- Papiamentu: gai
- Old Spanish:
- Ladino:
- Hebrew: ??????
- Latin: gayo
- Spanish: gallo
- Ladino:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: gjal
- Sicilian: jaddu, gaddu
- Translingual: Gallus
- Venetian: gà?o
- ? Albanian: gjel
- ? Albanian: gjel deti
- ? Old Irish: Gall (personal name)
- ? Czech: Havel (personal name)
See also
- pullus
Etymology 2
Likely derived from Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”). See also Ancient Greek ??????? (Galát?s) and ?????? (Keltós), which might be from the same source.
Alternative forms
- Gallus
Noun
gallus m (genitive gall?, feminine galla); second declension
- a Gaul, an inhabitant of Gaul
- a Galatian
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Adjective
gallus (feminine galla, neuter gallum); first/second-declension adjective
- Gallic
- Galatian
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek ?????? (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 gall?); second declension
- one of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia and Rome who wore feminine clothes and typically castrated themselves
Usage notes
- Some writers, such as Catallus, use the feminine singular galla (and/or feminine plural gallae) 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, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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): /??æl?s/
Adjective
gallus (comparative mair gallus, superlative maist gallus)
- daring; confident; cheeky.
- (obsolete) fit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous
- 1848, Benjamin A. Baker, A Glance at New York:
- Look, what a gallus walk she's got! I've strong suspicions I'll have to get slung to her one of these days.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- ’Twas murmur we did for a gallus potion would rouse a friar, I’m thinking, and he limp from leching.
- 1848, Benjamin A. Baker, A Glance at New York:
gallus From the web:
gallous
English
Alternative forms
- gallus
Etymology
A distortion of gallows, used attributively. See -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æl?s/
Adjective
gallous
- fit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous
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