gallinaceus
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English
gallinaceus gallinacea, gallinaceum ADJ :: of/belonging to domestic poultry, poultry-; [cunila ~ => wild majoram]
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
gallīnācĕus: (-acius, Bücheler, Rhein. Mus. 20, 441; Wagner ad Plaut. Aul. 462), a, um, adj. gallina, 1. gallus,
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. —
II Transf., of plants.
(a) Cunila gallinacea, Gr. κονίλη, a kind of savory, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 90; Plin. 20, 16, 62, § 170.—
(b) Pedes gallinacei, chicken-feet, fumitory, Plin. 25, 13, 98, § 155.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
gallīnācĕus,¹² a, um (gallina), de poule : gallinaceus gallus Cic. Div. 1, 74 ; gallinaceus mas Col. Rust. 8, 2, 9, ou gallinaceus seul Plin. 37, 144, coq || [prov.] lactis gallinacei haustum sperare Plin. præf. 23, espérer boire du lait de coq [une chose impossible].
Latin > German (Georges)
gallīnāceus (gallīnācius), a, um (gallina), zu den Hühnern gehörig, Hühner-, gallinaceus gallus, Plaut., Lucil. fr., Cic. u.a., auch bl. gallinaceus, Suet. u.a., Hahn, Haushahn: ebenso gallinacei mares salacissimi, Hähne, Col.; vgl. salacitas gallinacea, der Hähne, Col.: gall. pullus, Hühnchen, Komik., Scriptt. r. r., Liv. u.a.: ova, Varro: figura, Hyg.: fel, Cic.: fimus, Plin.: ius, Hühnerbrühe, Plin.: dass. ius gallinacei pulli, Cels., ius gallinacei, Plin.: gall. lac, s. lac: gallinacei crista, Hahnenkamm, Plin. – übtr. auf Pflanzennamen, cunila gallinacea (= origanum Heracleoticum), Wintermajoran, Plaut. trin. 935. Plin. 20, 170: pedes gallinacei, gefingerter Erdrauch, Plin. 25, 155. – / Die Schreibung gallinacius oft die der besten Hdschrn. (s. Wagner Plaut. aul. 462) u. in Inschrn. (zB. Corp. inscr. Lat. 12, 4377).
