noun

gallĭcĭnĭum

gen. gallĭcĭnii · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

1. gallus-cano

cock-crowing; the last watch of the night; the break of day •

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, App. M. 8 init.; Amm. 22, 14; Macr. S. 1, 3; Censor. de Die Nat. 24.—Plur., Petr. 62, 3.

Perseus ID: n19254 Key: gallicinium