What does gallīna mean in Latin?

gallīna, a noun, means “hen (female chicken)”.

What is the genitive of gallīna?

The genitive singular is gallīnae. gallīna is feminine, first declension.

In classical Latin, [ɡalˈliː.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ɡalˈliː.na].

noun · femininefirst declension

gallīna f (genitive gallīnae)

Classical[ɡalˈliː.na]Ecclesiastical[ɡalˈliː.na]

hen (female chicken)
Anatum ōva gallīnīs saepe suppōnimus.We often place the eggs of ducks under hens.

māter pullōrum, avis domestica

gallīna -ae (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 21

gallīna, ae, f. 1. gallus,

I. a hen.

I. 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.—

II. Transf.: ad Gallinas, a villa of the Cœsars on the Tiber, near Rome, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 137.

Gallīna, ae, m.,

I. the name of a gladiator, Hor. S. 2, 6, 44.

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusnom. Latin -īna Latin gallina From gallus (“rooster”) + -īna.

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