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gallinarius

gallinarius, a keeper of poultry

gallīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [gallina, 1. gallus], 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 (Luc.), 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 Cumae, Cic. Fam. 9, 23; cf.: gallinaria pinus, Juv. 3, 307.

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