γαλαξίας
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See also: Γαλαξίας
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From γᾰ́λᾰ (gála, “milk”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās). Originally an adjective.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡa.lak.sí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡa.lakˈsi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣa.lakˈsi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣa.lakˈsi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣa.lakˈsi.as/
Noun
[edit]γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱς • (galaxíās) m (genitive γᾰλᾰξῐ́ου); first declension
- the Milky Way galaxy (with implied κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, sphere”))
- tailor's chalk (with implied λίθος (líthos, “stone”))
- dogfish
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱς ho galaxíās |
τὼ γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱ tṑ galaxíā |
οἱ γᾰλᾰξῐ́αι hoi galaxíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γᾰλᾰξῐ́ου toû galaxíou |
τοῖν γᾰλᾰξῐ́αιν toîn galaxíain |
τῶν γᾰλᾰξῐῶν tôn galaxiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾳ tôi galaxíāi |
τοῖν γᾰλᾰξῐ́αιν toîn galaxíain |
τοῖς γᾰλᾰξῐ́αις toîs galaxíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱν tòn galaxíān |
τὼ γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱ tṑ galaxíā |
τοὺς γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱς toùs galaxíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱ galaxíā |
γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱ galaxíā |
γᾰλᾰξῐ́αι galaxíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- → Greek: γαλαξίας m (galaxías)
- → Latin: galaxias f
- → Latin: Via Lactea f sg (calque)
- French: Voie lactée, voie lactée
- Galician: Vía Láctea
- Italian: Via Lattea
- Portuguese: Via Láctea
- Spanish: Vía Láctea
- → Middle English: Milky Wey (calque)
- English: Milky Way
References
[edit]- “γαλαξίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γαλαξίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαλαξίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- γαλαξίας in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías).
Noun
[edit]γαλαξίας • (galaxías) m (plural γαλαξίες)
Declension
[edit]Declension of γαλαξίας
Related terms
[edit]- Γαλαξίας m (Galaxías, “the Milky Way”)
Further reading
[edit]Γαλαξίες on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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