μυγαλέη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μῡγᾰλῆ (mūgalê)

Etymology

From μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) +‎ γᾰλέη (galéē, “mustelid”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

μῡγᾰλέη • (mūgaléē) f (genitive μῡγᾰλέης); first declension

1. shrew (mammal of the family Soricidae)

   Synonym: ὕρᾰξ (húrax)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μῡγᾰλέη; τῆς μῡγᾰλέης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῡγᾰλέη hē mūgaléē	τὼ μῡγᾰλέᾱ tṑ mūgaléā	αἱ μῡγᾰλέαι hai mūgaléai
Genitive	τῆς μῡγᾰλέης tês mūgaléēs	τοῖν μῡγᾰλέαιν toîn mūgaléain	τῶν μῡγᾰλεῶν tôn mūgaleôn
Dative	τῇ μῡγᾰλέῃ têi mūgaléēi	τοῖν μῡγᾰλέαιν toîn mūgaléain	ταῖς μῡγᾰλέαις taîs mūgaléais
Accusative	τὴν μῡγᾰλέην tḕn mūgaléēn	τὼ μῡγᾰλέᾱ tṑ mūgaléā	τᾱ̀ς μῡγᾰλέᾱς tā̀s mūgaléās
Vocative	μῡγᾰλέη mūgaléē	μῡγᾰλέᾱ mūgaléā	μῡγᾰλέαι mūgaléai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• → Translingual: Mygale
  • → English: mygale
  • → Italian: migale

Further reading

• “μυγαλῆ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μυγαλῆ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μυγαλέη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette