gallicrus

Latin

Etymology

From gallus (“cock, rooster”) +‎ crūs (“leg”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.li.kruːs/, [ˈɡälːʲɪkruːs̠] or IPA(key): /ɡalˈlik.ruːs/, [ɡälˈlʲɪkruːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.li.krus/, [ˈɡälːikrus] or IPA(key): /ɡalˈlik.rus/, [ɡälˈlikrus]

Noun

gallicrūs n (genitive gallicrūris); third declension

  1. crowfoot (any plant of the genus Ranunculus)
    Synonym: rānunculus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case 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.
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