gallicrus
Latin
Etymology
From gallus (“cock, rooster”) + crūs (“leg”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡal.lɪ.kruːs], [ɡalˈlɪk.ruːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡal.li.krus], [ɡalˈlik.rus]
Noun
gallicrūs n (genitive gallicrūris); third declension
- crowfoot (any plant of the genus Ranunculus)
- Synonym: rānunculus
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gallicrūs | gallicrūra |
| genitive | gallicrūris | gallicrūrum |
| dative | gallicrūrī | gallicrūribus |
| accusative | gallicrūs | gallicrūra |
| ablative | gallicrūre | gallicrūribus |
| vocative | gallicrūs | gallicrūra |
Further reading
- “gallicrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gallicrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.