gallina

gallīna, ae, f. [1. gallus], a hen.

• I Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 1; Col. 8, 2, 1; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 27 (29) sq.; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 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 (666).—Comic.: has (litteras) quidem gallina scripsit. these are hen-tracks, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 28 (30).—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 Caesars on the Tiber, near Rome, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 137.

gallīna, ae, f. (1. gallus), die Henne, das Huhn (Ggstz. gallus), gall. altilis, eine Poularde, Petron.: villatica, rustica, Varro: Africana od. Numidica, Perlhuhn, Varro u. Publil. Syr. com. fr.: gallinae adeps, Scrib.: caro gallinarum, Cael. Aur.: gallinas educare, Pallad.: anatum ova gallinis supponere, Cic.: villa abundat agno, gallinā (kollekt. = gallinis), Cic.: gallina pipat, Varro fr.: gallina cecinit, eine H. hat gekräht, als ein Anzeichen, Ter. Phorm. 708: scherzh., an, obsecro hercle, habent quas gallinae manus? nam has (litteras) quidem gallina scripsit (vgl. unser »Krähenfüße«), Plaut. Pseud. 29 sq.: sprichw., albae gallinae filius, ein Glückskind, Iuven. 13, 141: als Liebkosungswort, Plaut. asin. 666: zur Bezeichnung einer Örtl., ad gallinas, ein Landhaus bei Rom, Plin. 15, 137. Suet. Galb. 1.

gallina [CL] 1 hen, domestic fowl. b (~a pucinaria, name of constellation) Hen and Chickens, the Pleiades. Aldh. PR 131 (v. cacillare); si ‥ porci comedent ‥ sanguinem hominis, non abiciendos credimus, nec ~as Theod. Pen. II 11. 7; 9‥ ~a, henn WW; callinas vel aucas Ælf. Bata 4. 27 p. 51; ad similitudinem evangelicae ~ae [cf. Matth. xxiii 27] illos sub alis protectionis suae ‥ foveat Anselm (Ep. 288) IV 208; ex ovo ~e generatur et gallus et ~a Quaest. Salern. B 138; huc [in cemiterium sacrum] sine ~a gallus intrabit Gir. TH II 4; 1274 (v. capo); 1297 etc. (v. domus 14c); c1307 dicunt quod Matilda ‥ consueta est decipere ~as visinorum suorum CBaron 98; 1338 j gallus et viij ~e veteres; item v de exitu et v galli castrandi Ac. Durh. 199; hec ~a, A. a hene WW.  b Pliades habent septem stellas conglobatas propinque, que conglobacio nominatur a Gallicis ~a pucinaria Bacon IV 396. 2 hen (given as): a (rent or other due; cf.Cust. Rents 21 seqq.); b (churchscot); c (payment for right to collect wood); d (payment for lord’s protection). a redditus Edwardi Sarisber’: ‥ habet per annum ~as cccc ‥ ova m ‥ caseos c DB I 69rb; Punderus tenet v acras ‥ et reddit xxx ~as et cc ova Boldon Bk. 35; a1188 decimam panum et caponum et ~arum et ovorum ad redditum pertinentium Act. Hen. II II 305; 1247 (v. campipartum 1); camerarius de †gallenis quas de Ydolwestre recipit annuatim fratribus ‥ curialitatem ‥ facere consuevit Cust. Westm. 131; 1284 solvet ‥ iiij panes et iiij gaullinas ad Natale CartINorm. 139; 1285 summa redditus ~arum de liberis xiiij. inquiratur si debeant ova (Wadhurst) Cust. Suss II 35; c1305 de ~is de lak’ venditis Cust. Rents 29; 1408 (v. 2 denariatus); 1451 de ~is rentalibus Ac. Durh. 187.  b 1209, 1234 etc. (v. cyricsceattum b); 1324 de ‥ cherseto gallorum et gellin[arum] MinAc 1126/5 r. 1.  c 1267 dabit j ~am Natale ‥ pretio j denarii et propter illam ~am consueverunt habere de bosco ‥ regis unam summam bosci que vocatur dayesem Cart. Glouc. III 71; 1267 dabit j ~am que vocatur wodehen et valet j denarium Ib. 95; debent j ~am tercia die Natalis Domini et serviens domini queret illam quam vocant wedevole quia debent habere brueram ad focum Cust. Rents 27 (cf. ib.: ~am quod [sic] vocatur wdehenne quia clamant habere boscum); 1371 terciam partem ~arum illarum que erunt levate infra dominium de Groby que vocantur le wodehennes Cl 209 m. 4d..  d 1247 Johannes le M. dabit iij ~as annuatim ad festum S. Martini pro habenda advocacione domini et recipitur in thedinga SelPlMan 11. 3 female bird (of var. species): a moor-fowl, grouse; b wood-hen; c coot; d pea-hen. a ~e ‥ campestres, quas vulgariter grutas vocant, hic rare sunt et modice Gir. TH I 14; 1350 in ix aucis et ix ~is de mora Ac. Durh. 43; 1511 ~arum muralium (v. domesticus 2a).  b 1316 in vj ~is silvestribus emptis et missis priori Rameseie ad Natale, xij d. MinAc Wistow 45; ? 1466 ~e silvestrales: de redditu volatilium hoc anno nichil Ib. 101; ornix est perdix vel ~a silvestris SB 32; ornix, i. perdix, et quandoque ponitur pro ~a silvestri Alph. 131.  c vivit ex venatu anatum et ~arum nigrarum, quas Angli coutas nominant Turner Av. B7.  d 1278 de j pavone gallo de remanenti et ‥ de ij ~is pavonum de exitu anni preteriti MinAc 935/5. 4 (in names of plants): a (centrum ~e) clary (Salvia). b (morsus ~e) chickweed (Stellaria media). Cf. 2 gallus 5. a centrum ~e ‥ a nostris ‥ arbitror dici clare Turner Herb. B4.  b morsus ~e, A. chykemete WW; ypia minor, morsus ~e idem, florem habet album, G. moroune, A. chykemete Alph. 196; chekyn wede, ‥ morsus ~e PP.

1 gallīna, (11) æ, f. (gallus), ¶ 1 poule : Cic. CM 56 || gallina Africana Varro R. 3, 9, 1, poule de Numidie, pintade || [fig.] gallinæ filius albæ Juv. 13, 44, fils de la poule blanche, mortel favorisé des dieux [prov.] || [t. de tendresse] Pl. As. 666 ¶ 2 ad Gallinas Suet. Galba 1, près des Poules [villa de lʼempereur sur le Tibre].

gallina , ae. f.
雌鷄。 Gallinae filius albae 大福之人。

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gallīna, ae, f.: gallina

pollo, pollame; villa abundat gallinā Cic la villa abbonda di pollame

⯀ gallinae filius albae Giov figlio della gallina bianca (i.e. uomo fortunato).

gallīna ae, f

• 1 gallus, a hen, domestic hen, Cs., C., H.: Gallina cecinit (a prodigy), T.— Prov.: gallinae filius albae, i. e. of fortune, Iu.

Gallīna

A fowl; a chicken. Of the different species of domestic fowls, the most important were gallinae, which were divided into three classes: (a) gallinae villaticae, the common chicken; (b) gallinae Africanae or Numidicae, the same probably with the μελεαγρίδες of the Greeks; and (c) gallinae rusticae. The last were found in great abundance in the Insula Gallinaria, but it is so difficult to determine from the descriptions transmitted to us what they really were, that it is uncertain whether they ought to be regarded as pheasants, as redlegged partridges, as wood-grouse, or as some species of game different from any of these. The Africanae, always scarce and dear, were treated almost exactly in the same manner as peacocks, and never became of importance to the farmer. The rusticae are little spoken of except as objects of curiosity, and Columella declares that they would not breed in confinement.

Among the breeds celebrated for fighting were the Tanagrian, the Rhodian, and the Chalcidian; but these were not the most profitable for the market. The points of a good barn-yard fowl are minutely described by Varro, Columella, and Palladius. Some were permitted to roam about (vagae) during the day, and pick up what they could, but the greater number were constantly shut up (clausae) in a poultry-yard (gallinarium, ὀρνιθοβοσκεῖον), which was an enclosed court (saeptum) with a warm aspect, strewed with sand or ashes wherein they might burrow, and covered over with a net. It contained hen-houses (caveae), to which they retired at night and roosted upon poles stretched across (perticae) for their convenience, nests (cubilia) for the laying hens being constructed along the walls. The whole establishment was under the control of a poultryman (aviarius custos or curator gallinarius).

Chickens, when fattened for sale, were shut up in dark, narrow cribs, light and motion being unfavourable to the process; or each bird was swung separately in a basket, with a small hole at each end, one for the head, the other for the rump, and bedded upon the softest hay or chaff, but so cramped in space that it could not turn round. In this state it was crammed with wheat, linseed, barley-meal kneaded with water into small lumps (turundae), and other farinaceous food, the operation requiring from twenty to twenty-five days (Varr. iii. 9; Colum. viii. 2, etc., 12; Plin. H. N. x. 46 foll.; Pallad. i. 27, 29).