γαλεάγρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”) +‎ ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “hunting”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.le.á.ɡraː/ → /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/ → /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.le.á.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.leˈa.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/

Noun

γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ • (găleắgrā) f (genitive γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension

1. trap for weasels
2. (in general) big cage for animals
3. kind of winepress

Declension

First declension of ἡ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ hē găleắgrā	τὼ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ găleắgrā	αἱ γᾰλεᾰ́γραι hai găleắgrai
Genitive	τῆς γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς tês găleắgrās	τοῖν γᾰλεᾰ́γραιν toîn găleắgrain	τῶν γᾰλεᾰγρῶν tôn găleăgrôn
Dative	τῇ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾳ têi găleắgrāi	τοῖν γᾰλεᾰ́γραιν toîn găleắgrain	ταῖς γᾰλεᾰ́γραις taîs găleắgrais
Accusative	τὴν γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn găleắgrān	τὼ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ găleắgrā	τᾱ̀ς γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s găleắgrās
Vocative	γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ găleắgrā	γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ găleắgrā	γᾰλεᾰ́γραι găleắgrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: գառագիղ (gaṙagił), գառագեղ (gaṙageł), գառագիւղ (gaṙagiwł), գառագիռ (gaṙagiṙ), գայռագիղ (gayṙagił), գայռագեղ (gayṙageł), գայռագիւղ (gayṙagiwł)
• → Old Georgian: გალიაკი (galiaḳi)
  • Georgian: გალია (galia)

Further reading

• “γαλεάγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γαλεάγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαλεάγρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)