γαλεός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly named after the weasel, γαλέη (galéē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.le.ós/ → /ɣa.leˈos/ → /ɣa.leˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.le.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.leˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.leˈos/

Noun

γᾰλεός • (găleós) m (genitive γᾰλεοῦ); second declension

1. small shark, dogfish

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γᾰλεός; τοῦ γᾰλεοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γᾰλεός ho găleós	τὼ γᾰλεώ tṑ găleṓ	οἱ γᾰλεοί hoi găleoí
Genitive	τοῦ γᾰλεοῦ toû găleoû	τοῖν γᾰλεοῖν toîn găleoîn	τῶν γᾰλεῶν tôn găleôn
Dative	τῷ γᾰλεῷ tôi găleôi	τοῖν γᾰλεοῖν toîn găleoîn	τοῖς γᾰλεοῖς toîs găleoîs
Accusative	τὸν γᾰλεόν tòn găleón	τὼ γᾰλεώ tṑ găleṓ	τοὺς γᾰλεούς toùs găleoús
Vocative	γᾰλεέ găleé	γᾰλεώ găleṓ	γᾰλεοί găleoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γαλεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γαλεός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαλεός 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