galli cantus

• gallicantus (Medieval Latin)

Literally, “crow of the cockerel”, in reference to the time of day that cockerels begin to crow.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡal.liː ˈkan.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡal.li ˈkan̪.t̪us]

gallī cantus m (genitive gallī cantūs); fourth declension

1. (literal) crow of the cockerel
2. (Late Latin, metonymic) cockcrow (the time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light)

   Synonym: gallicinium

   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Marcum 13:35:

     vigilate ergo (nescitis enim quando dominus domus veniat: sero, an media nocte, an galli cantu, an mane)

     Therefore keep watch (for you do not know when the master of the house will come: whether late, in the middle of the night, at cockcrow, or in the morning).

Indeclinable portion with a fourth-declension noun.

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “gallicantus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC