γαλέη

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”) and cognate with Latin glīs (“dormouse”), Sanskrit गिरि (girí, “mouse”). According to Beekes, the word originally indicated the skin and later the animal itself.

γᾰλέη • (găléē) f (genitive γᾰλέης); first declension

name given to various animals of the Mustelidae family, like martens, weasels and polecats
kind of small fish

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γᾰλέη hē găléē	τὼ γᾰλέᾱ tṑ găléā	αἱ γᾰλέαι hai găléai
Genitive	τῆς γᾰλέης tês găléēs	τοῖν γᾰλέαιν toîn găléain	τῶν γᾰλεῶν tôn găleôn
Dative	τῇ γᾰλέῃ têi găléēi	τοῖν γᾰλέαιν toîn găléain	ταῖς γᾰλέαις taîs găléais
Accusative	τὴν γᾰλέην tḕn găléēn	τὼ γᾰλέᾱ tṑ găléā	τᾱ̀ς γᾰλέᾱς tā̀s găléās
Vocative	γᾰλέη găléē	γᾰλέᾱ găléā	γᾰλέαι găléai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.