galaxias

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

gălaxĭas, ae, m., = γαλαξίας.

I Milk-stone; = galactites, q. v., Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162.—

II The Milky Way , called in pure Lat. Via lactea, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 4; 9; Mart. Cap. 8, § 826 al.