γάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γάλα (gála, “milk”), because it was used in place of rennet.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡá.li.on/ → /ˈɣa.li.on/ → /ˈɣa.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡá.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.li.on/

Noun

γᾰ́λῐον • (gálion) n (genitive γᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. bedstraw (Galium verum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ γᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γᾰ́λῐον tò gálion	τὼ γᾰλῐ́ω tṑ galíō	τᾰ̀ γᾰ́λῐᾰ tà gália
Genitive	τοῦ γᾰλῐ́ου toû galíou	τοῖν γᾰλῐ́οιν toîn galíoin	τῶν γᾰλῐ́ων tôn galíōn
Dative	τῷ γᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi galíōi	τοῖν γᾰλῐ́οιν toîn galíoin	τοῖς γᾰλῐ́οις toîs galíois
Accusative	τὸ γᾰ́λῐον tò gálion	τὼ γᾰλῐ́ω tṑ galíō	τᾰ̀ γᾰ́λῐᾰ tà gália
Vocative	γᾰ́λῐον gálion	γᾰλῐ́ω galíō	γᾰ́λῐᾰ gália
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Galium

Further reading

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