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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðelˈɸin/ → /ðelˈfin/
Noun
δελφῑ́ν • (delphī́n) m (genitive δελφῖνος); third declension
- Koine form of δελφῑ́ς (delphī́s, “dolphin”)
Declension
Further reading
- δελφίν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δελφίν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “δελφίν”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “δελφίν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press