γαλαξίας
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γᾰ́λᾰ (gắlă, “milk”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās). Originally an adjective.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡa.lak.sí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡa.lakˈsi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣa.lakˈsi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣa.lakˈsi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣa.lakˈsi.as/
Noun
γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱς • (gălăxĭ́ās) m (genitive γᾰλᾰξῐ́ου); first declension
- the Milky Way galaxy (with implied κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, sphere”))
- tailor's chalk (with implied λίθος (líthos, “stone”))
- dogfish
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱς ho gălăxĭ́ās |
τὼ γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱ tṑ gălăxĭ́ā |
οἱ γᾰλᾰξῐ́αι hoi gălăxĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γᾰλᾰξῐ́ου toû gălăxĭ́ou |
τοῖν γᾰλᾰξῐ́αιν toîn gălăxĭ́ain |
τῶν γᾰλᾰξῐῶν tôn gălăxĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾳ tôi gălăxĭ́āi |
τοῖν γᾰλᾰξῐ́αιν toîn gălăxĭ́ain |
τοῖς γᾰλᾰξῐ́αις toîs gălăxĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱν tòn gălăxĭ́ān |
τὼ γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱ tṑ gălăxĭ́ā |
τοὺς γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱς toùs gălăxĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱ gălăxĭ́ā |
γᾰλᾰξῐ́ᾱ gălăxĭ́ā |
γᾰλᾰξῐ́αι gălăxĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Greek: γαλαξίας m (galaxías)
- → Latin: galaxias f
- → Latin: Via Lactea f sg (calque)
- French: Voie lactée, voie lactée
- Galician: Vía Láctea
- Italian: Via Lattea
- Portuguese: Via Láctea
- Spanish: Vía Láctea
- → Middle English: Milky Wey (calque)
- English: Milky Way
References
- “γαλαξίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γαλαξίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαλαξίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- γαλαξίας in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías).
Noun
γαλαξίας • (galaxías) m (plural γαλαξίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | γαλαξίας (galaxías) | γαλαξίες (galaxíes) |
| genitive | γαλαξία (galaxía) | γαλαξιών (galaxión) |
| accusative | γαλαξία (galaxía) | γαλαξίες (galaxíes) |
| vocative | γαλαξία (galaxía) | γαλαξίες (galaxíes) |
Related terms
- Γαλαξίας m (Galaxías, “the Milky Way”)
Further reading
Γαλαξίες on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
