The corpus record
galaxias · ὁ
the milky way
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(sc. κύκλος) the milky way, D.S. 5.23, Luc. VH 1.16, Man. 2.116, etc.; in full, γ. κύκλος Placit. 2.7.1, Sallust. 4.
(sc. λίθος) = λίθος μόροχθος, tailorʼs chalk, Dsc. 5.134.
= γαλεός I, Gal. 6.727 (v.l. γαλεξ-).
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.