gallus

1.

gallus, i, m. [kindr. to Sanscr. grī, cry; Gr. gêrus, speech; Lat. garrio, garrulus; Engl. call], a cock, dunghill-cock, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 4; 3, 9, 3; Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56 sq.; Juv. 13, 233; Hor. S. 1, 1, 10; Mart. 9, 69, 3; Plin. 10, 21, 25, § 50:

ad cantum galli secundi,

at second cock-crow, Juv. 9, 107; cf. Vulg. Marc. 14, 30; 68; 72.—Prov.:

gallus in sterquilinio suo plurimum potest,

i. e. every man is cock of his own dunghill, Sen. Apocol. 402.

2.

Gallus, i, m., a Gaul; and adj. Gallic; v. Galli, I. and II. D.

3.

Gallus, i, m., = Gallos Strab., a tributary of the Sagaris of Phrygia and Bithynia, whose water, according to the fable, made those who drank it mad, now Kadsha Su or Gökssu, Ov. F. 4, 364; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 147; 6, 1, 1, § 4; 31, 2, 5, § 9; Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 263.—

II.

Derivv.

A.

Galli, ōrum, m., the priests of Cybele, so called because of their raving, Ov. F. 4, 361 sq.; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146; 11, 49, 109, § 261; 35, 12, 46, § 165; Paul. ex Fest. p. 95 Müll.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 121.—In sing.: Gallus, i, m., a priest of Cybele, Mart. 3, 81; 11, 74; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 2:

resupinati cessantia tympana Galli,

Juv. 8, 176.—And satirically (on account of their emasculated condition), in the fem.: Gallae, ārum, Cat. 63, 12, and 34.—

B.

Gallĭcus, a, um, adj.

1.

Of or belonging to the river Gallus, poet. i. q. Phrygian, Trojan:

miles,

Prop. 2, 13. 48 (3, 5, 32 M.).—

2.

(Acc. to II. A., of or belonging to the priests of Cybele; hence, transf.) Of or belonging to the priests of Isis, Gallic:

turma,

the troop of the priests of Isis, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 18.

4.

Gallus, i, m., a Roman surname in the gens Cornelia, Aquilia, Sulpicia, etc. So in partic. C. Cornelius Gallus, of Forum Julii, a Roman poet, a friend of Virgil, Verg. E. 10; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 64; Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 5.