- Gallina
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gallīna, ae, f. [1. gallus], 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:II.
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.—Transf.:2.ad Gallinas,
a villa of the Cœsars on the Tiber, near Rome, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 137.Gallīna, ae, m., the name of a gladiator, Hor. S. 2, 6, 44.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.