From γάλα (gála, “milk”), because it was used in place of rennet.
γᾰ́λῐον • (gálion) n (genitive γᾰλῐ́ου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ γᾰ́λῐον tò gálion |
τὼ γᾰλῐ́ω tṑ galíō |
τᾰ̀ γᾰ́λῐᾰ tà gália | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γᾰλῐ́ου toû galíou |
τοῖν γᾰλῐ́οιν toîn galíoin |
τῶν γᾰλῐ́ων tôn galíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi galíōi |
τοῖν γᾰλῐ́οιν toîn galíoin |
τοῖς γᾰλῐ́οις toîs galíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γᾰ́λῐον tò gálion |
τὼ γᾰλῐ́ω tṑ galíō |
τᾰ̀ γᾰ́λῐᾰ tà gália | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γᾰ́λῐον gálion |
γᾰλῐ́ω galíō |
γᾰ́λῐᾰ gália | ||||||||||
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