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γαλῆ (galē) weasel ^G:N-F

γαλῆ,

contraction γαλῆ, ῆς, ἡ, a name given to various animals of the weasel kind, weasel, marten, polecat or foumart, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ διᾴξειεν γαλῆ (a bad omen) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 γ. ἀγρία wild ferret (found in Africa and Spain, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 γ. ἐνοικίδιος tame weasel, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 proverbial, γαλῆν ἔχεις, of bad luck, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; γαλῇ χιτώνιον κροκωτόν, of 'pearls before swine', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γαλῇ στέαρ, ={βατράχῳ ὕδωρ} (which see), [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II a small fish, distinguished from γαλεός by [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (From γαλεyᾱ, adjective from *γαλις, cf. Sanskrit girikā 'mouse', Latin glīs.)