galaxias

From the genus name.

galaxias

1. Any of the fish of the genus Galaxias.

• galaxia, Galaxia, Galacia (not classical)

From Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡaˈɫak.si.aːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡaˈlak.si.as]

galaxias

1. alternative form of Galaxias; the Galaxy, the Milky Way

galaxiās m (genitive galaxiae); first declension

1. (astronomy) a galaxy
2. milkstone

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās).

• ⇒ Medieval Latin: galaxia f
  • → German: Galaxie f
• → Italian: galassia f
• → Old French: galaxie
  • Middle French: galaxie
    • French: galaxie f
  • → Middle English: galaxye, galaxie
    • English: galaxy

• “galaxias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• galaxias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

galaxias f pl

1. plural of galaxia