γαλήνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵelh₂-, the same root of γελάω (geláō, “to laugh”). This word must originally have meant "cheerfulness"; compare also γελεῖν (geleîn, “to shine, flourish”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡa.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡaˈle̝.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣaˈli.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣaˈli.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣaˈli.ni/
Noun
γᾰλήνη • (galḗnē) f (genitive γᾰλήνης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γᾰλήνη hē galḗnē |
τὼ γᾰλήνᾱ tṑ galḗnā |
αἱ γᾰλῆναι hai galênai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γᾰλήνης tês galḗnēs |
τοῖν γᾰλήναιν toîn galḗnain |
τῶν γᾰληνῶν tôn galēnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γᾰλήνῃ têi galḗnēi |
τοῖν γᾰλήναιν toîn galḗnain |
ταῖς γᾰλήναις taîs galḗnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γᾰλήνην tḕn galḗnēn |
τὼ γᾰλήνᾱ tṑ galḗnā |
τᾱ̀ς γᾰλήνᾱς tā̀s galḗnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γᾰλήνη galḗnē |
γᾰλήνᾱ galḗnā |
γᾰλῆναι galênai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “γαλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γαλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γαλήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γαλήνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαλήνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γαλήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1055 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γαλήνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣaˈli.ni/
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