gallicinium

gallĭcĭnĭum, ii, n. [1. gallus-cano],

• 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, Ap. Met. 8, 1, 1; Amm.22, 14; Macr. S. 1, 3; Censor. de Die Nat. 24.—Plur., Petr. 62, 3.

gallicinium, iī, n. (1. gallus u. cano), das Hahnengeschrei, meton. = der Teil der Nacht, wo die Hähne krähen, das Grauen des Tages (vgl. Placid. gloss. V, 71, 11), Censor. 24, 2. Macr. sat. 1, 3, 12. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 268: noctis gallicinio, Apul. met. 8, 1: Plur., Petron. 62, 3. Amm. 22, 14, 4.

gallicinium [LL] , cock-crow. sonante ~io Aldh. VirgP 52; 716 primo ~io exiebat de corpore Bonif. Ep. 10 p. 15; conticinium vel ~ium, hancred Ælf. Sup. 175; 9‥ ~ium, honcredtid WW; expectavit ~ium cum devotione mentis. mane surgens ‥ Byrht. V. Osw. 471; tertia nocte circa ~ium ‥ monasterium a fundamentis moveri visum W. Malm. GR II 204; synaxim ‥ quam cito post ~ium sub profunda nocte decantare consueverat H. Bos. Thom. III 7; post noctis ‥ medium, circiter ~ium W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 9; gallum secum habuit, ut super diluculo per ~ium certificaretur Neckam NR II 21 p. 142; cum ‥ circa ~ium ‥ surrexisset J. Furness Kentig. 6 p. 172; the cok crawe, gallicantus, ~ium CathA.

gallĭcĭnĭum, ĭī, n. (gallus, cano), chant du coq ; [dʼoù] lʼheure de la nuit où le coq chante = lʼaube, le point du jour : Macr. Sat. 1, 3, 12 ; Serv. En. 2, 268 ; noctis gallicinio Apul. M. 8, 1, à lʼaube || pl., Petr. 62, 3 ; Amm. 22, 14, 4.