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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

  • ἦσαν δὲ καὶ ἡμίκραιραι πολλαὶ δελφάκων, μνημονεύει δ’ αὐτῶν Κρώβυλοσ ἐν Ψευδυποβολιμαίῳ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 331)
  • τοῖσδε γενναίωσ πάλαι διεσπάρακται θερμὰ χηνίσκων μέλη, διερράχισται σεμνὰ δελφάκων κρέα, κατηλόηται γαστρὸσ οὑν μέσῳ κύκλοσ κατῃσίμωται πάντα τἀκροκώλια, νενωγάλισται σεμνὸσ ἀλλᾶντοσ τόμοσ, παρεντέτρωκται τευθὶσ ἐξωπτημένη, παρεγκέκαπται κρανί’ ἐννέ’ ἢ δέκα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 17 1:3)
  • ὀπτῶν δελφάκων δὲ μνημονεύει Ἐπικράτησ ἐν Ἐμπόρῳ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 721)
  • ἐπὶ τοῖσ δ’ ἐγὼ μάγειροσ, οὔτε Σικελία καυχήσεται τρέφειν τοιοῦτον ἄρταμον κατ’ ἰχθύων, οὐκ Ἦλισ, ἔνθα δελφάκων ἐγὼ κρέα κάλλιστ’ ὄπωπα πυρὸσ ἀκμαῖσ ἠνθισμένα Ἄλεξισ δ’ ἐν Πονήρᾳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 722)
  • δελφάκων δὲ σιτευτῶν ὁ φλυακογράφοσ Σώπατροσ ἐν Βακχίδοσ Γάμῳ οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 74 1:1)

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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