ὀξύγαλα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γάλα (gála, “milk”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.sý.ɡa.la/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /okˈsy.ɡa.la/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /okˈsy.ɣa.la/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /okˈsy.ɣa.la/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /okˈsi.ɣa.la/
Noun
ὀξῠ́γᾰλᾰ • (oxŭ́gălă) n (genitive ὀξῠγᾰ́λᾰκτος); third declension
Declension
| 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 tōî 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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὀξυγαλάκτινος (oxugaláktinos)
Descendants
- → Latin: oxygala n or f
- English: oxygal
Further reading
- “ὀξύγαλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀξύγαλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette