γαλέη

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”) and cognate with Latin glīs (“dormouse”), Sanskrit गिरि (girí, “mouse”). According to Beekes, the word originally indicated the skin and later the animal itself.

γαλέη • (galéē) f (genitive γαλέης); first declension

name given to various animals of the Mustelidae family, like martens, weasels and polecats
kind of small fish

First declension of ἡ γαλέη; τῆς γαλέης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γαλέη hē galéē	τὼ γαλέᾱ tṑ galéā	αἱ γαλέαι hai galéai
Genitive	τῆς γαλέης tês galéēs	τοῖν γαλέαιν toîn galéain	τῶν γαλεῶν tôn galeôn
Dative	τῇ γαλέῃ têi galéēi	τοῖν γαλέαιν toîn galéain	ταῖς γαλέαις taîs galéais
Accusative	τὴν γαλέην tḕn galéēn	τὼ γαλέᾱ tṑ galéā	τᾱ̀ς γαλέᾱς tā̀s galéās
Vocative	γαλέη galéē	γαλέᾱ galéā	γαλέαι galéai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.