alectoria

See also: alectória and Alectoria

English

Etymology

From Latin alectoria, formed from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).

Noun

alectoria

1. A magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks.

Translations

magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks

• Portuguese: alectória f

Anagrams

• aleatoric, aloricate

Latin

Etymology

Feminine substantive of alectorius (“of or pertaining to a cock”), from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.lekˈto.ri.a/, [äɫ̪ɛkˈt̪ɔriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.lekˈto.ri.a/, [älekˈt̪ɔːriä]

Noun

alectoria f (genitive alectoriae); first declension

1. (with gemma) A kind of magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	alectoria	alectoriae
genitive	alectoriae	alectoriārum
dative	alectoriae	alectoriīs
accusative	alectoriam	alectoriās
ablative	alectoriā	alectoriīs
vocative	alectoria	alectoriae

References

• “ălectŏrĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alectoria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• alectoria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin alectoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).

Noun

alectoria f (plural alectorias)

1. alectoria

Further reading

• “alectoria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10