γάλας

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

The entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):

"Unknown. According to Belardi, the word is from the Mediterranean substrate."

Compare Italian galestro (“marl”).

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.las/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.las/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.las/

Noun

γάλας • (gálas)

(hapax) (According to Hesychius of Alexandria:) earth
Synonym: γῆ (gê)

Further reading

“γάλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
γάλας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γάλας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256
Hesychius' Lexicon: γ

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