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γαλέη

First declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γαλέη

Structure: γαλε (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. a weasel, marten-cat or polecat

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γαλέη γαλέᾱ γαλέαι
Genitive γαλέᾱς γαλέαιν γαλεῶν
Dative γαλέᾱͅ γαλέαιν γαλέαις
Accusative γαλέᾱν γαλέᾱ γαλέᾱς
Vocative γαλέᾱ γαλέᾱ γαλέαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • λόγοσ, ὅτι καὶ γυπὸσ ἐγκέφαλοσ καὶ αἰθυίησ ὠμῆσ κραδίη, καὶ αἱ κατοικίδιοι γαλέαι βρωθέντεσ λύουσι τὴν νοῦσον· ἐγὼ δὲ τῶνδε μὲν οὐκ ἐπειρήθην· ἐθεασάμην δὲ ἀνθρώπου γε νεοσφαγέοσ ὑποθέντασ φιάλην τῷ τρώματι καὶ ἀρυσαμένουσ τοῦ αἵματοσ πίνοντασ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 128)
  • αἱ γαλέαι μαλακῶσ χρῄζοντι καθεύδειν· (Theocritus, Idylls, 32)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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