Lewis & Short

† gălaxĭas, ae, m., = γαλαξίας.

  1. I. Milk-stone; = galactites, q. v., Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162.
  2. II. The Milky Way, called in pure Lat. Via lactea, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 4; 9; Mart. Cap. 8, § 826 al.