Lewis Short
gălaxĭas (noun M) = γαλαξίας: .
* Milk-stone; = galactites, q. v., Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162.
* The Milky Way, called in pure Lat. Via lactea, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 4; 9; Mart. Cap. 8, § 826 al.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary