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noun · neutersecond declension

gallicinium

gallicinium n (genitive galliciniī)
Classical[ɡal.lɪˈkɪ.ni.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ɡal.liˈt͡ʃiː.ni.um]

Meaning

  1. Classical LatinLate Latinneutercockcrow (the time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light)
    Apoculamus nos circa gallicinia..."We set out around cockcrow..."c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegalliciniumgallicinia
genitivegalliciniīgalliciniōrum
dativegalliciniōgalliciniīs
accusativegalliciniumgallicinia
ablativegalliciniōgalliciniīs
vocativegalliciniumgallicinia

gallĭcĭnĭum, ii, n. 1. gallus-cano,
I. cock-crowing, used only transf. as a specification of time, for the last watch of the night, the break of day, early dawn: noctis gallicinio venit quidam juvenis, App. M. 8 init.; Amm. 22, 14; Macr. S. 1, 3; Censor. de Die Nat. 24.—Plur., Petr. 62, 3.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin gallicinium From gallus (“rooster”) + canō (“sing”) + -ium.

Descendants
  • Italiangallicinio

Quick answers

What does gallicinium mean in Latin?
gallicinium, a noun, means “cockcrow (the time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light)”.
What is the genitive of gallicinium?
The genitive singular is galliciniī. gallicinium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce gallicinium?
In classical Latin, [ɡal.lɪˈkɪ.ni.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ɡal.liˈt͡ʃiː.ni.um].