gallīna (noun F) : 1. gallus
* A hen.
* Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 1; Col. 8, 2, 1; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 27 sq.; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; id. Ac. 2, 18, 57; id. Div. 2, 26, 56; id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Hor. S. 2, 2, 24; 2, 4, 18 al.—As a term of endearment: dic me igitur tuom passerculum, gallinam, coturnicem,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 76.—Comic.: has (litteras) quidem gallina scripsit. these are hen-tracks, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 28.—Prov.: gallinae filius albae,child of fortune, fortune's favorite,Juv. 13, 141; v. filius and albus.
* Transf.: ad Gallinas,a villa of the Coesars on the Tiber, near Rome,Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 137.

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