γάλλος

See also: Γάλλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

In antiquity, the word was believed to be Phrygian. Probably, γάλλαρος (gállaros, “member of a Dionysiac cultic society”) is related. See gallus for more.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡál.los/ → /ˈɣal.los/ → /ˈɣa.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡál.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣal.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣal.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.los/

Noun

γᾰ́λλος • (gállos) m (genitive γᾰ́λλου); second declension

1. gallus, a priest of Cybele in Phrygia

   Synonym: βᾰ́κηλος (bákēlos)

2. eunuch, castrated man

   Synonyms: εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos), σπᾰ́δων (spádōn)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γᾰ́λλος; τοῦ γᾰ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γᾰ́λλος ho gállos	τὼ γᾰ́λλω tṑ gállō	οἱ γᾰ́λλοι hoi gálloi
Genitive	τοῦ γᾰ́λλου toû gállou	τοῖν γᾰ́λλοιν toîn gálloin	τῶν γᾰ́λλων tôn gállōn
Dative	τῷ γᾰ́λλῳ tôi gállōi	τοῖν γᾰ́λλοιν toîn gálloin	τοῖς γᾰ́λλοις toîs gállois
Accusative	τὸν γᾰ́λλον tòn gállon	τὼ γᾰ́λλω tṑ gállō	τοὺς γᾰ́λλους toùs gállous
Vocative	γᾰ́λλε gálle	γᾰ́λλω gállō	γᾰ́λλοι gálloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γᾰλλαῖος (gallaîos)
• γᾰλλομᾰνής (gallomanḗs)
• γᾰλλᾰ́ζω (gallázō)
• γᾰλλῐκός (gallikós)
• γᾰλλῐ́ᾰμβος (gallíambos)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: gallus

Further reading

• “γάλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γάλλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γάλλος 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