γαλέη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γαλέα (galéa), γαλῆ (galê)

Etymology

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

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.lé.ɛː/ → /ɣaˈle.i/ → /ɣaˈle.i/

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

Noun

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

1. name given to various animals of the Mustelidae family, like martens, weasels and polecats
2. 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)
• γαλεάγρα (galeágra)
• γαλεόβδολον (galeóbdolon)
• γαλεός (galeós)
• γαλεώτης (galeṓtēs)
• γαλήοψις (galḗopsis)
• γαλιάω (galiáō)
• γαλιδεύς (galideús)
• μῡγᾰλέη (mūgaléē)

 

Further reading

• “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