Γαλάτεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Said to be from γάλα (gála, “milk”), but this could be mere folk etymology.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡa.lá.teː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡaˈla.ti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣaˈla.ti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣaˈla.ti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣaˈla.ti.a/
Proper noun
Γᾰλάτειᾰ • (Găláteiă) f (genitive Γᾰλᾰτείᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Γᾰλᾰ́τειᾰ hē Gălắteiă | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Γᾰλᾰτείᾱς tês Gălăteíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Γᾰλᾰτείᾳ tēî Gălăteíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Γᾰλᾰ́τειᾰν tḕn Gălắteiăn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Γᾰλᾰ́τειᾰ Gălắteiă | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “Γαλάτεια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Γαλατεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Γαλάτεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- Γαλάτεια, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek Γᾰλάτειᾰ (Găláteiă).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣaˈla.ti.a/
Proper noun
Γαλάτεια • (Galáteia) f
- a female given name, Galateia, equivalent to English Galatea
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.