δελφίς

• δελφίν (delphín) — Koine

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”), with formation similar to ἀκτίς (aktís), γλωχίς (glōkhís), and ὠδίς (ōdís), thus originally meaning "fish with a womb". Cognate with δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).^[1]

δελφῑ́ς • (delphī́s) m (genitive δελφῖνος); third declension

1. dolphin
2. (astronomy) Delphinus, a constellation
3. mass of lead shaped like a dolphin, hung at the yardarm and suddenly let down on the decks of the enemy's ships
4. weight used to steady a ship under sail

   Synonym: κερκέτης (kerkétēs)

5. (in the plural) stops in a machine

• Greek: δελφίνι (delfíni)
• → Arabic: دُلْفِين (dulfīn), دَرْفِيل (darfīl)
• → Latin: delphīnus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Translingual: Delphinus
• → Old East Slavic: делфи́съ (delfísŭ)

• “δελφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δελφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δελφίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δελφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δελφίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δελφίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δελφίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • delphi idem, page 209.
  • dolphin idem, page 246.
  • porpoise idem, page 627.