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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

  • δέλφακά τε τῶν γειτόνων τοῖσ Ἐλευσινίοισ φυλάσσων δαιμονίωσ ἀπώλεσα οὐχ ἑκών καὶ ταῦτα δή με συμβολατεύειν ἔφα τοῖσ Ἀχαιοῖσιν προδιδόμειν τ’ ὤμνυέ με τὸν δέλφακα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 17 1:1)
  • καὶ Ἀναξίλασ δ’ ἐν Κίρκῃ καὶ ἀρσενικῶσ εἴρηκε τὸν δέλφακα καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ τελείου τέθεικε τοὔνομα εἰπών τοὺσ μὲν ὀρεινόμουσ ὑμῶν ποιήσει δέλφακασ ὑλιβάτουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 17 1:2)
  • "τὸν δέλφακα ἀπῆγε σιγῇ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 17 4:3)
  • δέλφακα δὲ ἀρσενικῶσ εἴρηκεν Πλάτων ἐν Ποιητῇ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 74 1:9)
  • δέλφακα δ’ ὡραιότατον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 74 2:1)

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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