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|lshtext=<b>gallīna</b>: ae, f. 1. [[gallus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[hen]].<br /><b>I</b> 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]].—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.: ad Gallinas, a [[villa]] of the Cœsars on the [[Tiber]], [[near]] [[Rome]], Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 137.
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