gallicinium
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
gallus (“rooster”) + canō (“sing”) + -ium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡal.liˈki.ni.um/, [ɡälːʲɪˈkɪniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡal.liˈt͡ʃi.ni.um/, [ɡälːiˈt͡ʃiːnium]
Noun[edit]
gallicinium n (genitive galliciniī or gallicinī); second declension
Usage notes[edit]
In Bede et al., a particular period of night following intempestum (“midnight”) and before the first light of dawn.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gallicinium | gallicinia |
| Genitive | galliciniī gallicinī1 |
galliciniōrum |
| Dative | galliciniō | galliciniīs |
| Accusative | gallicinium | gallicinia |
| Ablative | galliciniō | galliciniīs |
| Vocative | gallicinium | gallicinia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Hypernyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: gallicinio
References[edit]
- “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.