gallīnācĕus (-acius, Bücheler, Rhein. Mus. 20, 441; Wagner ad Plaut. Aul. 462), a, um, adj. [gallina, 1. gallus],
I of or belonging to domestic fowls or poultry : gallus, a poultry-cock , dunghill-cock , Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 7; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26; Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; 2, 26, 56; id. Mur. 29, 61; for which also absol. : gallīnācĕus , i, m., Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 144: gallinacei mares salacissimi, Col. 8, 2, 9; cf. salacitas, of cocks , id. 8, 11, 5: pulli, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 69; id. Curc. 3, 80; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 10; Col. 8, 11, 13: genus, id. 8, 5, 10.—Prov.: ut vel lactis gallinacei sperare possis haustum, i. e. something uncommon , Plin. H. N. praef. § 23. —
II Transf., of plants.
α Cunila gallinacea, Gr. κονίλη, a kind of savory , Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 90; Plin. 20, 16, 62, § 170.—
β Pedes gallinacei, chicken-feet , fumitory , Plin. 25, 13, 98, § 155.