ὀξύγαλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) +‎ γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.sý.ɡa.la/ → /okˈsy.ɣa.la/ → /okˈsi.ɣa.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.sý.ɡa.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /okˈsy.ɡa.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /okˈsy.ɣa.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /okˈsy.ɣa.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /okˈsi.ɣa.la/

Noun

ὀξύγᾰλᾰ • (oxúgala) n (genitive ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτος); third declension

1. sour milk, whey

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὀξῠ́γᾰλᾰ; τοῦ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀξῠ́γᾰλᾰ tò oxúgala	τὼ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτε tṑ oxugálakte	τᾰ̀ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτᾰ tà oxugálakta
Genitive	τοῦ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτος toû oxugálaktos	τοῖν ὀξῠγᾰλᾰ́κτοιν toîn oxugaláktoin	τῶν ὀξῠγᾰλᾰ́κτων tôn oxugaláktōn
Dative	τῷ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτῐ tôi oxugálakti	τοῖν ὀξῠγᾰλᾰ́κτοιν toîn oxugaláktoin	τοῖς ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰξῐ / ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰξῐν toîs oxugálaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὀξῠ́γᾰλᾰ tò oxúgala	τὼ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτε tṑ oxugálakte	τᾰ̀ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτᾰ tà oxugálakta
Vocative	ὀξῠ́γᾰλᾰ oxúgala	ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτε oxugálakte	ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτᾰ oxugálakta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀξυγαλάκτινος (oxugaláktinos)

Descendants

• → Latin: oxygala n or f
  • English: oxygal

Further reading

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