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γάλα

gala

milk

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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γάλα [⏑⏑], τό, gen. γάλακτος (also γάλακος, dat. γάλακι Call. Hec. 1.4.4, prob. in Pherecr. 108.18, cf. An.Ox. 4.338), also τοῦ γάλα indecl., Pl.Com. 238: dat. pl. γάλαξι Pl. Lg. 887d. (For γλακτ-, cf. Lat.lac for glact):—Α. milk, ἀμελγόμενοι γ. λευκόν Il. 4.434, cf. Od. 4.88, etc.; εὔποτον γ., εὐτραφὲς γ., A. Pers. 611, Ch. 898; ἐν γάλακτι ὤν, τεθραμμένη, at the breast, E. HF 1266, Pl. Ti. 81c; ἐν γάλαξι τρέφεσθαι Id.Lg.l.c. (so metaph., ἐν σπαργάνοις καὶ γάλαξιν εἶναι, of art, Ael. VH 8.8); διδόναι γάλα X. Cyn. 7.4; ἐμπλῆσαι γάλακτος to fill full of milk, Theoc. 24.3: metaph., οἶνος, Ἀφροδίτης γ. Ar. Fr. 596. 2. ὀρνίθων γ. (ὄρνιθος γάλα, = ὀρνιθόγαλον, Nic. Fr. 71.5, Dsc. 2.144), prov. of rare and dainty things, Ar. V. 508, Av. 734, Mcn.936; τὸ λεγόμενον, σπανιώτατον πάρεστιν ὀρνίθων γ. Mnesim. 9, cf. Ach. Tat.Intr.Arat. 4 (expld. by Anaxag. 22 as white of egg, cf. Sch.Luc. Merc.Cond. 13). 3. ἀγαθὸν γ. a good wet-nurse, Call. Epigr. 51; οὐδʼ εἰ γ. λαγοῦ εἶχον . . καὶ ταὧς, κατήσθιον Alex. 123. II. milky sap of plants, Thphr. HP 6.3.4, etc. III. the milky way, Parm. 11, Arist. Mete. 345a12, Arat. 476; but ὁ τοῦ γάλακτος κύκλος Euc. Phaen.p.4M., Gem. 5.69.
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