nounfourth declension
gallī cantus
gallī cantus m (genitive gallī cantūs)
Classical[ˈɡal.liː ˈkan.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡal.li ˈkan.tus]
gallicantus
Meaning
- crow of the cockerel
- Late Latinmetonymicallycockcrow (the time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light)
vigilate ergo (nescitis enim quando dominus domus veniat: sero, an media nocte, an galli cantu, an mane)
Therefore keep watch (for you do not know when the master of the house will come: whether late, in the middle of the night, at cockcrow, or in the morning).Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Marcum 13:35:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gallī cantus | gallī cantūs |
| genitive | gallī cantūs | gallī cantuum gallicantuum |
| dative | gallī cantuī gallicantuī | gallī cantibus gallicantibus |
| accusative | gallī cantum gallicantum | gallī cantūs |
| ablative | gallī cantū gallicantū | gallī cantibus gallicantibus |
| vocative | gallī cantus | gallī cantūs |
Origins
Literally, “crow of the cockerel”, in reference to the time of day that cockerels begin to crow.