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): -
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1. 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; οὐδ’ 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.
G1051 — γάλα
γάλακτος (cf. Latinlac; Curtius, § 123), τό (from Homer down), milk: [1Co 9:7]. Metaphorically, of the less difficult truths of the Christian religion, [1Co 3:2]; [Heb 5:12]f (Quintilian 2, 4, 5 "doctoribushocessecuraevelim,uttenerasadhucmentesmorenutricummolliusalantetsatiarivelutquodamjucundiorisdisciplinaelactepatiantur," (cf. Siegfried, Philo von Alex., p. 329, cf. p. 261)); of the word of God, by which souls newly regenerate are healthfully nourished unto growth in the Christian life, [1Pe 2:2].
γάλα , - ακτος , τό ,
[in LXX for H2461;]
milk: [1Co 9:7]. Metaph ., of elementary Christian teaching: [1Co 3:2], [Heb 5:12-13]; τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γ ., the rational ( spiritual) genuine milk ( v. Hart, in l ), [1Pe 2:2] (in support of AV , milk of the word, v. ICC , in l ). †