Allector
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Allector grece gallus inde alectorius lapis qui in ventriculo galli vel in cerebro caponis veteris reperitur ut alii dicunt.
Apparatus:
Allector AC | Alector B ef
ventriculo (uẽ- B) ABC e | uentriculi f
in {cerebro} om. B
veteris (ue- B f) ABC f | vetris e
vt (ut B) alii dicunt (-cũt B) ABC | Alii d͞n͞t e | ut dicit~ f
Translation:
Allector is Greek for Latin gallus {“cockerel”}, and derived from it alectorius lapis {“cockerel or capon stone”}, which is found in the stomach of a cockerel or as others say in the brain of an old capon.
Commentary:
Greek ἀλέκτωρ /aléktōr/ means “cockerel” and in Latin an adjective alectorius, “pertaining to a cockerel”, is found in Pliny.
For further information see Lapis alectorius.