γαλεάγρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”) + ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “hunting”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡa.le.á.ɡraː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡa.leˈa.ɡra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣa.leˈa.ɣra/
Noun
γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ • (galeágrā) f (genitive γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension
- trap for weasels
- (in general) big cage for animals
- kind of winepress
Declension
First declension of ἡ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | ἡ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ hē galeágrā | τὼ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ galeágrā | αἱ γᾰλεᾰ́γραι hai galeágrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς tês galeágrās | τοῖν γᾰλεᾰ́γραιν toîn galeágrain | τῶν γᾰλεᾰγρῶν tôn galeagrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾳ têi galeágrāi | τοῖν γᾰλεᾰ́γραιν toîn galeágrain | ταῖς γᾰλεᾰ́γραις taîs galeágrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn galeágrān | τὼ γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ galeágrā | τᾱ̀ς γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s galeágrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ galeágrā | γᾰλεᾰ́γρᾱ galeágrā | γᾰλεᾰ́γραι galeágrai | ||||||||||
Notes: |
|
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 (2006–2023)