γαλέη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=contr. [[γαλῆ]], ῆς, ἡ, a name given to various animals of the<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[weasel]] kind, [[weasel]], [[marten]], [[polecat]] or [[foumart]], Batr.9, al., [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]'' 255, ''Pl.''693, Arist.''HA''609a17, al.; <b class="b3">εἰ διᾴξειεν γαλῆ</b> (a [[bad]] [[omen]]) Ar.''Ec.''792, cf. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''16.3: [[proverb|prov.]], θύρα δι' ἧς γαλῆ… οὐκ εἰσέρχεται Apollod. Car.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">γαλέη ἀγρία</b> [[wild]] [[ferret]] (found in Africa and Spain, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.192), Arist.''HA''580b26, Ruf.''Fr.''79, Str.3.2.6; γαλέη Ταρτησσία [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] [[l.c.]], Diogenian.3.71.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">γαλέη ἐνοικίδιος</b> [[tame]] [[weasel]], Plu.2.446c; γ. κατοικίδιος Philum.''Ven.''33.1, Dsc.2.25.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">γαλῆν ἔχεις</b>, of [[bad luck]], Diogenian.3.84; [[γαλῇ χιτώνιον κροκωτόν]], of '[[pearls before swine]]', Stratt.71, Zen.2.93; [[γαλῇ στέαρ]] = [[βατράχῳ ὕδωρ]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Diogenian.3.83.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a small [[fish]], distinguished from [[γαλεός]] by Ael.''NA''15.11. (From γαλεyᾱ, Adj. from *γαλις, cf. Skt. girikā 'mouse', Lat. [[glis]].)