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γαλεώτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γαλεώτης

Structure: γαλεωτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: gale/h

Sense

  1. a spotted lizard

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γαλεώτης γαλεώτᾱ γαλεῶται
Genitive γαλεώτου γαλεώταιν γαλεωτῶν
Dative γαλεώτῃ γαλεώταιν γαλεώταις
Accusative γαλεώτην γαλεώτᾱ γαλεώτᾱς
Vocative γαλεῶτα γαλεώτᾱ γαλεῶται

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

  • καὶ τοῦτο δ’ οἰκείωσ εἰρῆσθαι τοῖσ συμβαίνουσι περὶ τὸ Σκύλλαιον καὶ τὴν θήραν τῶν γαλεωτῶν τὸ ἐπὶ τῆσ Σκύλλησ "αὐτοῦ δ’ ἰχθυάᾳ σκόπελον περιμαιμώωσα δελφῖνάσ τε κύνασ τε, καὶ εἴ ποθι "μεῖζον ἕλῃσι κῆτοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 30:5)
  • ταῦτα δ’ εἰπὼν διηγεῖται τῶν γαλεωτῶν θήραν, ἣ συνίσταται περὶ τὸ Σκύλλαιον· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 32:1)
  • συμβαίνειν δέ ποτε καὶ τιτρώσκεσθαι διὰ τοῦ σκαφιδίου τὸν κωπηλάτην διὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ τοῦ ξίφουσ τῶν γαλεωτῶν καὶ τὸ τὴν ἀκμὴν τοῦ ζῴου συαγρώδη εἶναι καὶ τὴν θήραν. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 32:11)
  • Ταῦτα δ’ εἰπὼν διηγεῖται τῶν γαλεωτῶν θήραν, ἣ συνίσταται περὶ τὸ Σκύλλαιον. (Polybius, Histories, book 34, chapter 3 1:1)
  • συμβαίνειν δέ ποτε καὶ τιτρώσκεσθαι διὰ τοῦ σκαφιδίου τὸν κωπηλάτην διὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ τοῦ ξίφουσ τῶν γαλεωτῶν καὶ τὸ τὴν ἀκμὴν τοῦ ζῴου συαγρώδη εἶναι καὶ τὴν θήραν. (Polybius, Histories, book 34, chapter 3 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. a spotted lizard

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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