δέλλις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the geminate "-λλ-" leads to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dél.liːs/ → /ˈðel.lis/ → /ˈðe.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dél.liːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdel.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðel.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðel.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.lis/

Noun

δέλλῑς • (déllīs) f (genitive δέλλῑθος); third declension

1. kind of wasp

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δέλλῑς; τῆς δέλλῑθος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δέλλῑς hē déllīs	τὼ δέλλῑθε tṑ déllīthe	αἱ δέλλῑθες hai déllīthes
Genitive	τῆς δέλλῑθος tês déllīthos	τοῖν δελλῑ́θοιν toîn dellī́thoin	τῶν δελλῑ́θων tôn dellī́thōn
Dative	τῇ δέλλῑθῐ têi déllīthi	τοῖν δελλῑ́θοιν toîn dellī́thoin	ταῖς δέλλῑσῐ / δέλλῑσῐν taîs déllīsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δέλλῑθᾰ tḕn déllītha	τὼ δέλλῑθε tṑ déllīthe	τᾱ̀ς δέλλῑθᾰς tā̀s déllīthas
Vocative	δέλλῑς déllīs	δέλλῑθε déllīthe	δέλλῑθες déllīthes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-tʰs.

Derived terms

• δελλίθιον (dellíthion)

References

• “δέλλις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δέλλις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN