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δέλφαξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δέλφαξ

Structure: δελφακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. a young pig, porker

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δέλφαξ δέλφακε δέλφακες
Genitive δέλφακος δελφάκοιν δελφάκων
Dative δέλφακι δελφάκοιν δέλφαξιν*
Accusative δέλφακα δέλφακε δέλφακας
Vocative δέλφαξ δέλφακε δέλφακες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • δέλφαξ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 14 6:1)
  • "ὡσ Ἐφεσίη δέλφαξ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 17 3:1)
  • τῶν χερσαίων δ’ ὑμῖν ἥξει παρ’ ἐμοῦ ταυτί βοῦσ ἀγελαῖοσ, τράγοσ ὑλιβάτησ, αἲξ οὐρανία, κριὸσ τομίασ, κάπροσ ἐκτομίασ, ὗσ οὐ τομίασ δέλφαξ, δασύπουσ, ἔριφοι, τυρὸσ χλωρόσ, τυρὸσ ξηρόσ, τυρὸσ κοπτόσ, τυρὸσ ξυστόσ, τυρὸσ τμητόσ, τυρὸσ πηκτόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 66 2:4)
  • εἴ που κλίβανοσ ἦν, πολὺ δέλφαξ σιτευτὸσ ἔγρυξεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 74 1:2)
  • ἀλλὰ λοπὰσ μ’ εὔφραιν’ ἢ μήτρησ καλὰ πρόσωπα ἐκβολάδοσ, δέλφαξ δ’ ἐν κλιβάνῳ ἡδέα ὄζων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 58 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a young pig

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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