English

Noun

alectoria

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

Translations

Anagrams

• aleatoric

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.lekˈto.ri.a/, [a.ɫɛkˈtɔ.ri.a]

Noun

alectoria f ‎(genitive alectoriae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alectoria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.