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Ancient Greek
Etymology
For the suffix, compare κόραξ (kórax, “crow”) and σκύλαξ (skúlax, “puppy”). From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”), the same root of δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), δολφός (dolphós, “womb”) and δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dél.pʰaks/ → /ˈðel.ɸaks/ → /ˈðel.faks/
Noun
δέλφᾰξ • (délphax) f (genitive δέλφᾰκος); third declension
- mother-swine, sow
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Further reading
- “δέλφαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δέλφαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δέλφαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δέλφαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN