γαλεός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly named after the weasel, γαλέη (galéē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.le.ós/ → /ɣa.leˈos/ → /ɣa.leˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.le.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.leˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈos/

Noun

γᾰλεός • (galeós) m (genitive γᾰλεοῦ); second declension

1. small shark, dogfish

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γᾰλεός; τοῦ γᾰλεοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γᾰλεός ho galeós	τὼ γᾰλεώ tṑ galeṓ	οἱ γᾰλεοί hoi galeoí
Genitive	τοῦ γᾰλεοῦ toû galeoû	τοῖν γᾰλεοῖν toîn galeoîn	τῶν γᾰλεῶν tôn galeôn
Dative	τῷ γᾰλεῷ tôi galeôi	τοῖν γᾰλεοῖν toîn galeoîn	τοῖς γᾰλεοῖς toîs galeoîs
Accusative	τὸν γᾰλεόν tòn galeón	τὼ γᾰλεώ tṑ galeṓ	τοὺς γᾰλεούς toùs galeoús
Vocative	γᾰλεέ galeé	γᾰλεώ galeṓ	γᾰλεοί galeoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• γᾰλέη (galéē)

Further reading

• “γαλεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γαλεός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαλεός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)