γάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γάλα (gála, “milk”), because it was used in place of rennet.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡá.li.on/ → /ˈɣa.li.on/ → /ˈɣa.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡá.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.li.on/

Noun

γᾰ́λῐον • (gắlĭon) n (genitive γᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. bedstraw (Galium verum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ γᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γᾰ́λῐον tò gắlĭon	τὼ γᾰλῐ́ω tṑ gălĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ γᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ gắlĭă
Genitive	τοῦ γᾰλῐ́ου toû gălĭ́ou	τοῖν γᾰλῐ́οιν toîn gălĭ́oin	τῶν γᾰλῐ́ων tôn gălĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ γᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi gălĭ́ōi	τοῖν γᾰλῐ́οιν toîn gălĭ́oin	τοῖς γᾰλῐ́οις toîs gălĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ γᾰ́λῐον tò gắlĭon	τὼ γᾰλῐ́ω tṑ gălĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ γᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ gắlĭă
Vocative	γᾰ́λῐον gắlĭon	γᾰλῐ́ω gălĭ́ō	γᾰ́λῐᾰ gắlĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Galium

Further reading

• “γάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γάλιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN