δέλφαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

For the suffix, compare κόραξ (kórax, “crow”) and σκύλαξ (skúlax, “puppy”). From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”), the same root of δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), δολφός (dolphós, “womb”) and δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dél.pʰaks/ → /ˈðel.ɸaks/ → /ˈðel.faks/

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

Noun

δέλφᾰξ • (délphax) f (genitive δέλφᾰκος); third declension

1. mother-swine, sow

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δέλφᾰξ; τῆς δέλφᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δέλφᾰξ hē délphax	τὼ δέλφᾰκε tṑ délphake	αἱ δέλφᾰκες hai délphakes
Genitive	τῆς δέλφᾰκος tês délphakos	τοῖν δελφᾰ́κοιν toîn delphákoin	τῶν δελφᾰ́κων tôn delphákōn
Dative	τῇ δέλφᾰκῐ têi délphaki	τοῖν δελφᾰ́κοιν toîn delphákoin	ταῖς δέλφᾰξῐ / δέλφᾰξῐν taîs délphaxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δέλφᾰκᾰ tḕn délphaka	τὼ δέλφᾰκε tṑ délphake	τᾱ̀ς δέλφᾰκᾰς tā̀s délphakas
Vocative	δέλφᾰξ délphax	δέλφᾰκε délphake	δέλφᾰκες délphakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δελφᾰ́κειος (delphákeios)
• δελφᾰκόομαι (delphakóomai)
• δελφᾰ́κῐον (delphákion)
• δελφᾰκῐ́ς (delphakís)
• δελφᾰκῑ́νη (delphakī́nē)

 

Further reading

• “δέλφαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δέλφαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δέλφαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέλφαξ 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