γαλέη
galee
weasel
Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
γαλέη, contr. γαλῆ, ῆς, ἡ, a name given to various animals of the A. weasel kind, weasel, marten, polecat or foumart, 9, al., Ach. 255, Pl. 693, HA 609a17, al.; εἰ διᾴξειεν γαλῆ (a bad omen) Ec. 792, cf. Char. 16.3: prov., θύρα διʼ ἧς γαλῆ . . οὐκ εἰσέρχεται Car.6. 2. γ. ἀγρία wild ferret (found in Africa and Spain, 4.192), HA 580b26, Fr. 79, 3.2.6; γ. Ταρτησσία l.c., 3.71. 3. γ. ἐνοικίδιος tame weasel, 2.446c; γ. κατοικίδιος Ven. 33.1, 2.25. 4. prov., γαλῆν ἔχεις, of bad luck, 3.84; γαλῇ χιτώνιον κροκωτόν, of ‘pearls before swine’, 71, 2.93; γαλῇ στέαρ, = βατράχῳ ὕδωρ (q. v.), 3.83. II. a small fish, distd. from γαλεός by NA 15.11. (From γαλεyᾱ, Adj. from *γαλις, cf. Skt. girikā ‘mouse’, Lat.glīs.)
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