γαλέη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γαλέα (galéa)
γαλῆ (galê)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the word originally indicated the skin and later the animal itself. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”) and cognate with Latin glīs (“dormouse”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.lé.ɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.e/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣaˈle.i/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣaˈle.i/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣaˈle.i/

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Noun

γαλέη • (galéē) f (genitive γαλέης); first declension

A name given to various animals of the Mustelidae family, like martens, weasels and polecats
A kind of small fish

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γαλέη; τῆς γαλέης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γαλεάγκων (galeánkōn)
γαλεόβδολον (galeóbdolon)
γαλεός (galeós)
γαλεώτης (galeṓtēs)
γαλήοψις (galḗopsis)
γαλιάω (galiáō)
γαλιδεύς (galideús)

References

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 (2006–2019)
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

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