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gallīnārĭus , a, um, adj. id.,
I.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, 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 Cumœ, Cic. Fam. 9, 23; cf.: “gallinaria pinus,Juv. 3, 307.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.23
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 17.51
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 8.15
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.10.6
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.2.2
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.3.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.8.5
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