ὀξύγαλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) +‎ γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.sý.ɡa.la/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /okˈsy.ɡa.la/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /okˈsy.ɣa.la/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /okˈsy.ɣa.la/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /okˈsi.ɣa.la/

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Noun

ὀξύγᾰλᾰ • (oxúgălă) n (genitive ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτος); third declension

sour milk, whey

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὀξῠ́γᾰλᾰ; τοῦ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀξῠ́γᾰλᾰ tò oxŭ́gălă	τὼ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτε tṑ oxŭgắlăkte	τᾰ̀ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτᾰ tằ oxŭgắlăktă
Genitive	τοῦ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτος toû oxŭgắlăktos	τοῖν ὀξῠγᾰλᾰ́κτοιν toîn oxŭgălắktoin	τῶν ὀξῠγᾰλᾰ́κτων tôn oxŭgălắktōn
Dative	τῷ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτῐ tôi oxŭgắlăktĭ	τοῖν ὀξῠγᾰλᾰ́κτοιν toîn oxŭgălắktoin	τοῖς ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰξῐ / ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰξῐν toîs oxŭgắlăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὀξῠ́γᾰλᾰ tò oxŭ́gălă	τὼ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτε tṑ oxŭgắlăkte	τᾰ̀ ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτᾰ tằ oxŭgắlăktă
Vocative	ὀξῠ́γᾰλᾰ oxŭ́gălă	ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτε oxŭgắlăkte	ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτᾰ oxŭgắlăktă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὀξυγαλάκτινος (oxugaláktinos)

Descendants

→ Latin: oxygala n or f
- English: oxygal