δελφίς

See also: Δελφίς

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”) (originally "a fish with a womb"). Cognate with δελφύς (delphús).

δελφίς • (delphís) f (genitive δελφῖνος); third declension

a dolphin
a mass of lead, possibly shaped like a dolphin, hung at the yard-arm, and suddenly let down on the decks of the enemy's ships

Third declension of ὁ δελφί̄ς; τοῦ δελφῖνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δελφί̄ς ho delphí̄s	τὼ δελφῖνε tṑ delphîne	οἱ δελφῖνες hoi delphînes
Genitive	τοῦ δελφῖνος toû delphînos	τοῖν δελφῑ́νοιν toîn delphī́noin	τῶν δελφῑ́νων tôn delphī́nōn
Dative	τῷ δελφῖνῐ tôi delphîni	τοῖν δελφῑ́νοιν toîn delphī́noin	τοῖς δελφῖσῐ / δελφῖσῐν toîs delphîsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δελφῖνᾰ tòn delphîna	τὼ δελφῖνε tṑ delphîne	τοὺς δελφῖνᾰς toùs delphînas
Vocative	δελφί̄ς delphí̄s	δελφῖνε delphîne	δελφῖνες delphînes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

δελφίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
δελφίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
δελφίς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
δελφίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
δελφίς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Delphi idem, page 1008.
- dolphin idem, page 246.
- porpoise idem, page 627.
Dolphin. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Fourth ed.) (Dictionary.com). Retrieved December 17, 2006.

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