μυγαλέη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μῡγᾰλῆ (mūgălê)

Etymology

From μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) +‎ γᾰλέη (găléē, “mustelid”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /myː.ɡa.lé.ɛː/ → /my.ɣaˈle.i/ → /mi.ɣaˈle.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /myː.ɡa.lé.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /my.ɡaˈle.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /my.ɣaˈle.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /my.ɣaˈle.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.ɣaˈle.i/

Noun

μῡγᾰλέη • (mūgăléē) f (genitive μῡγᾰλέης); first declension

1. shrew (mammal of the family Soricidae)

   Synonym: ὕρᾰξ (húrăx)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μῡγᾰλέη; τῆς μῡγᾰλέης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῡγᾰλέη hē mūgăléē	τὼ μῡγᾰλέᾱ tṑ mūgăléā	αἱ μῡγᾰλέαι hai mūgăléai
Genitive	τῆς μῡγᾰλέης tês mūgăléēs	τοῖν μῡγᾰλέαιν toîn mūgăléain	τῶν μῡγᾰλεῶν tôn mūgăleôn
Dative	τῇ μῡγᾰλέῃ têi mūgăléēi	τοῖν μῡγᾰλέαιν toîn mūgăléain	ταῖς μῡγᾰλέαις taîs mūgăléais
Accusative	τὴν μῡγᾰλέην tḕn mūgăléēn	τὼ μῡγᾰλέᾱ tṑ mūgăléā	τᾱ̀ς μῡγᾰλέᾱς tā̀s mūgăléās
Vocative	μῡγᾰλέη mūgăléē	μῡγᾰλέᾱ mūgăléā	μῡγᾰλέαι mūgăléai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• → Translingual: Mygale
  • → English: mygale
  • → Italian: migale

Further reading

• “μυγαλῆ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μυγαλῆ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μυγαλέη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette