γάλας
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editThe entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):
"Unknown. According to Belardi, the word is from the Mediterranean substrate."
Compare Italian galestro (“marl”).
Pronunciation
edit- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.las/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.las/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.las/
Noun
editγάλας • (gálas)
- (hapax) (According to Hesychius of Alexandria:) earth
- Synonym: γῆ (gê)
- 5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Γ:
- γάλας· γῆ, παρὰ Εὐκλίτῳ
- gálas; gê, parà Euklítōi
- gálas: earth, in Euclitus
Further reading
edit- “γάλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γάλας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γάλας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256
- Hesychius' Lexicon: γ