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1. gallīna, ae, f. [1. gallus], a hen.

  1. I. Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 1; Col. 8, 2, 1; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 27 sq.; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; id. Ac. 2, 18, 57; id. Div. 2, 26, 56; id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Hor. S. 2, 2, 24; 2, 4, 18 al.
    As a term of endearment: dic me igitur tuom passerculum, gallinam, coturnicem, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 76.
    Comic.: has (litteras) quidem gallina scripsit. these are hen-tracks, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 28.
    Prov.: gallinae filius albae, child of fortune, fortune’s favorite, Juv. 13, 141; v. filius and albus.
  2. II. Transf.: ad Gallinas, a villa of the Cœsars on the Tiber, near Rome, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 137.

2. Gallīna, ae, m., the name of a gladiator, Hor. S. 2, 6, 44.

gallīnācĕus (-acius, Bücheler, Rhein. Mus. 20, 441; Wagner ad Plaut. Aul. 462), a, um, adj. [gallina, 1. gallus],

  1. I. of or belonging to domestic fowls or poultry: gallus, a poultry-cock, dunghill-cock, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 7; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26; Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; 2, 26, 56; id. Mur. 29, 61; for which also absol.: gallīnācĕus, i, m., Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 144: gallinacei mares salacissimi, Col. 8, 2, 9; cf. salacitas, of cocks, id. 8, 11, 5: pulli, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 69; id. Curc. 3, 80; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 10; Col. 8, 11, 13: genus, id. 8, 5, 10.
    Prov.: ut vel lactis gallinacei sperare possis haustum, i. e. something uncommon, Plin. H. N. praef. § 23.
  2. II. Transf., of plants.
          1. (α) Cunila gallinacea, Gr. κονίλη, a kind of savory, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 90; Plin. 20, 16, 62, § 170.
          2. (β) Pedes gallinacei, chicken-feet, fumitory, Plin. 25, 13, 98, § 155.

gallīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [gallina, 1. gallus], of or belonging to poultry.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Adj.: scala, a poultry-roost, hen-roost, Cels. 8, 15: vasa, for the poultry to drink out of, Col. 8, 8, 5; 8, 10, 6.
    2. B. Subst.
      1. 1. gallīnā-rĭus, ii, m., one who attends to poultry, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7; Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86; Plin. 10, 55, 76, § 155.
      2. 2. gallīnārĭum, ii, n., a hen-house, hen-coop, Col. 8, 3, 1; Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 51.
  2. II. Transf., as an adj. prop.
    1. A. Gallinaria insula, an island in the Tuscan Sea, now Galinara or Isola d’ Albengo, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 17; Col. 8, 2, 2; Sulp. Sev. Vit. S. Mart. 6.
    2. B. Gallinaria silva, a wood in Campania, near Cumœ, Cic. Fam. 9, 23; cf.: gallinaria pinus, Juv. 3, 307.