LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

galla

galla f (genitive gallae)
Classical[ˈɡal.la]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡal.la]

Meaning

  1. femininean oak apple, gall-nut
    proderit et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem […]It is good too to blend a taste of pounded oak apples […]c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 4.267
  2. femininea harsh, sour kind of wine

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegallagallae
genitivegallaegallārum
dativegallaegallīs
accusativegallamgallās
ablativegallāgallīs
vocativegallagallae

galla, ae, f.
I. Oak-apple, gall-nut, Plin. 16, 6, 9, § 26; 24, 4, 5, § 9; Col. 9, 13, 7; Mart. Cap. 3, § 225.—Plur., Col. 6, 7, 2. —In a pun with Galla, a female Gaul; v. 1. Galli, I.—
II. A harsh, inferior kind of wine, Lucil. ap. Non. 445, 18; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.
Galla, ae, f.,
I. a female Gaul; v. 1. Galli, I.
Galla, ae, f.,
I. a priest of Cybele; v. 3. Gallus, II. A.

Origins

There are various hypotheses: * Perhaps from or influenced by Germanic, if the sense is "poison-sore"; see Proto-Germanic *gallǭ (English gall (“bile”)) or *gallô (“sore, swelling, lesion”) (English gall (“sore”)). * From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate with Latin glaeba, glomus and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).

Descendants
  • Catalangala
  • Catalanagalla
  • Englishgall
  • Frenchgalle
  • Italiangalla
  • Portuguesegalha
  • Portuguesegalho
  • Spanishgalla
  • Spanishgajo
  • Russianгалл

Quick answers

What does galla mean in Latin?
galla, a noun, means “an oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of wine”.
What is the genitive of galla?
The genitive singular is gallae. galla is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce galla?
In classical Latin, [ˈɡal.la]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɡal.la].