γαλεάγρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”) +‎ ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “hunting”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.le.á.ɡraː/ → /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/ → /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.le.á.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.leˈa.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/

Noun

γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ • (galeágrā) f (genitive γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension

1. trap for weasels
2. (in general) big cage for animals
3. kind of winepress

Declension

First declension of ἡ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ hē galeágrā	τὼ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ galeágrā	αἱ γᾰλεᾰ́γραι hai galeágrai
Genitive	τῆς γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς tês galeágrās	τοῖν γᾰλεᾰ́γραιν toîn galeágrain	τῶν γᾰλεᾰγρῶν tôn galeagrôn
Dative	τῇ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾳ têi galeágrāi	τοῖν γᾰλεᾰ́γραιν toîn galeágrain	ταῖς γᾰλεᾰ́γραις taîs galeágrais
Accusative	τὴν γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn galeágrān	τὼ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ galeágrā	τᾱ̀ς γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s galeágrās
Vocative	γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ galeágrā	γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ galeágrā	γᾰλεᾰ́γραι galeágrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: գառագիղ (gaṙagił), գառագեղ (gaṙageł), գառագիւղ (gaṙagiwł), գառագիռ (gaṙagiṙ), գայռագիղ (gayṙagił), գայռագեղ (gayṙageł), գայռագիւղ (gayṙagiwł)
• → Old Georgian: გალიაკი (galiaḳi)
  • Georgian: გალია (galia)

Further reading

• “γαλεάγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γαλεάγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαλεάγρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)