galla

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

galla, ae, f.

I Oak-apple , gall-nut , Plin. 16, 6, 9, § 26; 24, 4, 5, § 9; Col. 9, 13, 7; Mart. Cap. 3, § 225.— Plur. , Col. 6, 7, 2. —In a pun with Galla, a female Gaul; v. 1. Galli, I.—

II A harsh , inferior kind of wine , Lucil. ap. Non. 445, 18; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.

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