δελφύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”). Cognate with Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha) and Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (garəβa).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /del.pʰy̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /delˈpʰys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðelˈɸys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðelˈfys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðelˈfis/
Noun
δελφῡ́ς • (delphū́s) f (genitive δελφῠ́ος); third declension
- the womb
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ δελφῡ́ς; τῆς δελφῠ́ος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δελφῡ́ς hē delphū́s | τὼ δελφῠ́ε tṑ delphúe | αἱ δελφῠ́ες hai delphúes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δελφῠ́ος tês delphúos | τοῖν δελφῠ́οιν toîn delphúoin | τῶν δελφῠ́ων tôn delphúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δελφῠ́ῐ̈ têi delphúï | τοῖν δελφῠ́οιν toîn delphúoin | ταῖς δελφῠ́σῐ / δελφῠ́σῐν taîs delphúsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δελφῡ́ν tḕn delphū́n | τὼ δελφῠ́ε tṑ delphúe | τᾱ̀ς δελφῦς / δελφῠ́ᾰς tā̀s delphûs / delphúas | ||||||||||
Vocative | δελφῡ́ delphū́ | δελφῠ́ε delphúe | δελφῠ́ες delphúes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Δελφοί (Delphoí)
Related terms
- ἀδελφός (adelphós)
- δελφίς (delphís)
References
- “δελφύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δελφύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δελφύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δελφύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)