gallīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [gallina, 1. gallus], 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 ( Luc. ), 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 Cumae , Cic. Fam. 9, 23; cf.: gallinaria pinus, Juv. 3, 307.