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δέλφαξ?

Third declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration: delphax

Principal Part: δέλφαξ

Structure: δελφακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. a young pig, porker

Declension

Third declension

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)
  • δέλφαξ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 14 6:1)
  • δέλφακα´ 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)
  • "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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