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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

  • "ἃ δ’ εἲσ τ’ ἐδωδὴν πρῶτα καὶ ῥώμησ ἀκμὴν καὶ πρὸσ ὑγίειαν, πάντα ταῦτ’ ἐδαινύμην, κρέασ βόειον ἑφθὸν ἀσόλοικον μέγα, ἀκροκώλιόν τε γεννικόν, ὀπτὰ δέλφακοσ ἁλίπαστα τρία. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52170)
  • "ἢ δέλφακοσ ὀπωρινῆσ ἠτριαῖον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 17 2:2)
  • εἰσαχθέντοσ δὲ ἡμῖν ποτε καὶ δέλφακοσ, οὗ τὸ μὲν ἥμισυ κραμβαλέον ἦν ἐπιμελῶσ πεποιημένον, τὸ δὲ ἥμισυ ὡσ ἂν ἐξ ὕδατοσ ἡψημένον τακερῶσ, καὶ πάντων θαυμαζόντων τοῦ μαγείρου τὴν σοφίαν, μέγα φρονῶν ἐκεῖνοσ ἐπὶ τῇ τέχνῃ ἔφη· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 191)
  • εἰσῆλθεν ἡμίκραιρα τακερὰ δέλφακοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 33 1:1)
  • ὅσα γ’ ἀλλέξαι δυνατά, κρατέω κἄγωγ’ ἔτι, κοὒ κε λέγοι τισ πάνθ’ ἃ παρῆν ἐτύμωσ ὔμμιν παρέπαισε δὲ θερμὸν σπλάγχνον ἔπειτα δὲ νῆστισ δέλφακοσ οἰκετικᾶσ καὶ νῶτοσ ἐσῆλθε καὶ ὀσφὺσ καὶ μινυρίγματα θερμά. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 28 3:5)

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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