δελφίνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δελφῑ́ς (delphī́s, “dolphin”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /del.pʰí.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /delˈpʰi.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðelˈɸi.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðelˈfi.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðelˈfi.ni.on/
Noun
δελφῐ́νῐον • (delphínion) n (genitive δελφῐνῐ́ου); second declension
- rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis, syn. Delphinium ajacis)
- Synonym: σώσᾰνδρον (sṓsandron)
- forking larkspur (Consolida regalis)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ δελφῐ́νῐον; τοῦ δελφῐνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ δελφῐ́νῐον tò delphínion | τὼ δελφῐνῐ́ω tṑ delphiníō | τᾰ̀ δελφῐ́νῐᾰ tà delphínia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δελφῐνῐ́ου toû delphiníou | τοῖν δελφῐνῐ́οιν toîn delphiníoin | τῶν δελφῐνῐ́ων tôn delphiníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δελφῐνῐ́ῳ tôi delphiníōi | τοῖν δελφῐνῐ́οιν toîn delphiníoin | τοῖς δελφῐνῐ́οις toîs delphiníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ δελφῐ́νῐον tò delphínion | τὼ δελφῐνῐ́ω tṑ delphiníō | τᾰ̀ δελφῐ́νῐᾰ tà delphínia | ||||||||||
Vocative | δελφῐ́νῐον delphínion | δελφῐνῐ́ω delphiníō | δελφῐ́νῐᾰ delphínia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Delphinium
Further reading
- “δελφίνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δελφίνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δελφίνιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)