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 • (galéē) 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 galéē	τὼ γᾰλέᾱ tṑ galéā	αἱ γᾰλέαι hai galéai
Genitive	τῆς γᾰλέης tês galéēs	τοῖν γᾰλέαιν toîn galéain	τῶν γᾰλεῶν tôn galeôn
Dative	τῇ γᾰλέῃ têi galéēi	τοῖν γᾰλέαιν toîn galéain	ταῖς γᾰλέαις taîs galéais
Accusative	τὴν γᾰλέην tḕn galéēn	τὼ γᾰλέᾱ tṑ galéā	τᾱ̀ς γᾰλέᾱς tā̀s galéās
Vocative	γᾰλέη galéē	γᾰλέᾱ galéā	γᾰλέαι galéai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.