δελφίν

See also: Δελφίν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ðelˈɸin/ → /ðelˈfin/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /delˈpʰin/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðelˈɸin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðelˈfin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðelˈfin/

Noun

δελφῑ́ν • (delphī́n) m (genitive δελφῖνος); third declension

1. Koine form of δελφῑ́ς (delphī́s, “dolphin”)

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δελφῑ́ν ho delphī́n	οἱ δελφῖνες hoi delphînes
Genitive	τοῦ δελφῖνος toû delphînos	τῶν δελφῑ́νων tôn delphī́nōn
Dative	τῷ δελφῖνῐ tôi delphîni	τοῖς δελφῖσῐ / δελφῖσῐν toîs delphîsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δελφῖνᾰ tòn delphîna	τοὺς δελφῖνᾰς toùs delphînas
Vocative	δελφῑ́ν delphī́n	δελφῖνες delphînes

Third declension of ὁ δελφῑ́ν; τοῦ δελφῖνος (Koine)

Further reading

• δελφίν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δελφίν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δελφίν”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “δελφίν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press