alectoriam

Dictionary entries

• alectorius, alectoria, alectorium:

  Adjective · 1st declension

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  Pliny

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  Lewis & Short

  = of/pertaining to a cock; [alectoros lophos => cock's comb., yellow rattle];

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  acc. sg. (f.)
• alectoria, alectoriae:

  Feminine · Noun · 1st declension

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  Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

  = precious stone, said to be found in gizzards of cocks;

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  acc. sg.