μυγαλέη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μῡγᾰλῆ (mūgalê)
Etymology
From μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) + γᾰλέη (galéē, “mustelid”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /myː.ɡa.lé.ɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /my.ɡaˈle.e̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /my.ɣaˈle.i/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /my.ɣaˈle.i/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.ɣaˈle.i/
Noun
μῡγᾰλέη • (mūgaléē) f (genitive μῡγᾰλέης); first declension
- shrew (mammal of the family Soricidae)
- Synonym: ὕρᾰξ (húrax)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ μῡγᾰλέη; τῆς μῡγᾰλέης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μῡγᾰλέη hē mūgaléē | τὼ μῡγᾰλέᾱ tṑ mūgaléā | αἱ μῡγᾰλέαι hai mūgaléai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μῡγᾰλέης tês mūgaléēs | τοῖν μῡγᾰλέαιν toîn mūgaléain | τῶν μῡγᾰλεῶν tôn mūgaleôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μῡγᾰλέῃ têi mūgaléēi | τοῖν μῡγᾰλέαιν toîn mūgaléain | ταῖς μῡγᾰλέαις taîs mūgaléais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μῡγᾰλέην tḕn mūgaléēn | τὼ μῡγᾰλέᾱ tṑ mūgaléā | τᾱ̀ς μῡγᾰλέᾱς tā̀s mūgaléās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῡγᾰλέη mūgaléē | μῡγᾰλέᾱ mūgaléā | μῡγᾰλέαι mūgaléai | ||||||||||
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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