adjective

gallīnārĭus

fem. gallīnāria · neut. gallīnārium

belonging to poultry

of or belonging to poultry.

Adj.: scala, a poultry-roost, hen-roost, Cels. 8, 15: vasa, for the poultry to… •

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.—

as a noun

one who attends to poultry

gallīnā-rĭus, ii, m., one who attends to poultry, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7; Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86; Plin. 10, 55, 76, § 155.—

a hen-house; hen-coop

gallīnārĭum, ii, n., a hen-house, hen-coop, Col. 8, 3, 1; Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 51.—

adj. prop by extension

Transf., as an adj. prop.

an island in the Tuscan Sea; Galinara; Isola d' Albengo

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.—

a wood in Campania; near Cumœ •

Gallinaria silva, a wood in Campania, near Cumœ, Cic. Fam. 9, 23; cf.: gallinaria pinus, Juv. 3, 307.

Perseus ID: n19262 Key: gallinarius