gallinarius

gallīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to poultry.

I.

Lit.

A.

Adj.:

scala,

a poultry-roost, hen-roost, Cels. 8, 15:

vasa,

for the poultry to drink out of, Col. 8, 8, 5; 8, 10, 6.—

B.

Subst.

1.

gallīnā-rĭus, ii, m., one who attends to poultry, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7; Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86; Plin. 10, 55, 76, § 155.—

2.

gallīnārĭum, ii, n., a hen-house, hen-coop, Col. 8, 3, 1; Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 51.—

II.

Transf., as an adj. prop.

A.

Gallinaria insula, an island in the Tuscan Sea, now Galinara or Isola d' Albengo, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 17; Col. 8, 2, 2; Sulp. Sev. Vit. S. Mart. 6.—

B.

Gallinaria silva, a wood in Campania, near Cumœ, Cic. Fam. 9, 23; cf.:

gallinaria pinus,

Juv. 3, 307.