γαλέη
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”) and cognate with Latin glīs (“dormouse”), Sanskrit गिरि (girí, “mouse”). According to Beekes, the word originally indicated the skin and later the animal itself.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡa.lé.ɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡaˈle.e̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣaˈle.i/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣaˈle.i/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣaˈle.i/
Noun[edit]
γαλέη • (galéē) f (genitive γαλέης); first declension
- name given to various animals of the Mustelidae family, like martens, weasels and polecats
- kind of small fish
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ γαλέη hē galéē |
τὼ γαλέᾱ tṑ galéā |
αἱ γαλέαι hai galéai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς γαλέης tês galéēs |
τοῖν γαλέαιν toîn galéain |
τῶν γαλεῶν tôn galeôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ γαλέῃ têi galéēi |
τοῖν γαλέαιν toîn galéain |
ταῖς γαλέαις taîs galéais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν γαλέην tḕn galéēn |
τὼ γαλέᾱ tṑ galéā |
τᾱ̀ς γαλέᾱς tā̀s galéās | ||||||||||
Vocative | γαλέη galéē |
γαλέᾱ galéā |
γαλέαι galéai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “γαλέη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γαλέη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαλέη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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