delphinus
See also: Delphinus
Latin
Alternative forms
- delphīn
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /delˈpʰiː.nus/, [d̪ɛɫ̪ˈpʰiːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /delˈfi.nus/, [d̪elˈfiːnus]
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Noun
delphīnus m (genitive delphīnī); second declension
- A dolphin; an aquatic mammal of the family Delphinidae or Platanistidae
- The constellation Delphinus
- A kind of decorative furniture, possibly decorated with dolphins
- (Medieval Latin) dauphin (eldest son)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | delphīnus | delphīnī |
Genitive | delphīnī | delphīnōrum |
Dative | delphīnō | delphīnīs |
Accusative | delphīnum | delphīnōs |
Ablative | delphīnō | delphīnīs |
Vocative | delphīne | delphīnī |
Descendants
- Asturian: llofín
- Catalan: dofí, delfí
- Dutch: dolfijn
- English: dolphin
- French: dauphin
- Galician: delfín
- → German: Delphin, Delfin
- → Bulgarian: делфи́н (delfín)
- → Czech: delfín
- → Macedonian: делфин (delfin)
- → Middle Russian: дельфи́нъ (delʹfín)
- Russian: дельфи́н (delʹfín)
- → Armenian: դելֆին (delfin)
- → Bezhta: делфин (delfin)
- → Kazakh: дельфин (delfin)
- Russian: дельфи́н (delʹfín)
- → Polish: delfin
- → Old Ruthenian: делфи́нъ (delfín)
- Belarusian: дэльфі́н (delʹfín)
- Rusyn: делфи́н (delfýn)
- Ukrainian: дельфі́н (delʹfín)
- → Old Ruthenian: делфи́нъ (delfín)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дѐлфӣн
- Latin: dèlfīn
- → Slovak: delfín
- → Swedish: delfin
- → Upper Sorbian: delfin
- Istriot: dulfeîn
- Italian: delfino
- Ligurian: delfìn, drafìn
- Occitan: dalfin
- Old Portuguese: golfinno
- Galician: golfiño
- Portuguese: golfinho
- Portuguese: delfim
- Romagnol: dilfòin
- Romanian: delfin
- Romansch: delfin
- Sardinian: gorfinu, grufinu, gurfinu
- Sicilian: dirfinu, derfinu, draffinu, darfinu
- Spanish: delfín, golfín
- Translingual: Delphinus; Delphinium
- Venetian: dolfin, delfin
- → Albanian: delfin
References
- “delphinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “delphinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- delphinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- delphinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette