Latin delphinus (“a dolphin”) + -in.
delphin (uncountable)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “delphin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Unassimilated borrowing of Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín). See delphīnus.
delphīn m (genitive delphīnis); third declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | delphīn | delphīnes delphīnēs |
| genitive | delphīnos delphīnis |
delphīnum |
| dative | delphīnī | delphīnibus |
| accusative | delphīna delphīnem |
delphīnas delphīnēs |
| ablative | delphīne | delphīnibus |
| vocative | delphīn | delphīnes delphīnēs |
In Classical Latin, Greek endings were used in the nominative and accusative cases. The genitive singular, dative singular and dative/ablative plural are not attested.
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