δελφύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”). Cognate with Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha) and Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (gar^əβa).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /del.pʰy̌ːs/ → /ðelˈɸys/ → /ðelˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /del.pʰy̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /delˈpʰys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðelˈɸys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðelˈfys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðelˈfis/

Noun

δελφῡ́ς • (delphū́s) f (genitive δελφῠ́ος); third declension

1. the womb

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δελφῡ́ς; τῆς δελφῠ́ος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δελφῡ́ς hē delphū́s	τὼ δελφῠ́ε tṑ delphúe	αἱ δελφῠ́ες hai delphúes
Genitive	τῆς δελφῠ́ος tês delphúos	τοῖν δελφῠ́οιν toîn delphúoin	τῶν δελφῠ́ων tôn delphúōn
Dative	τῇ δελφῠ́ῐ̈ têi delphúï	τοῖν δελφῠ́οιν toîn delphúoin	ταῖς δελφῠ́σῐ / δελφῠ́σῐν taîs delphúsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δελφῡ́ν tḕn delphū́n	τὼ δελφῠ́ε tṑ delphúe	τᾱ̀ς δελφῦς / δελφῠ́ᾰς tā̀s delphûs / delphúas
Vocative	δελφῡ́ delphū́	δελφῠ́ε delphúe	δελφῠ́ες delphúes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Δελφοί (Delphoí)

Related terms

• ἀδελφή (adelphḗ)
• ἀδελφός (adelphós)
• δελφίς (delphís)

References

• “δελφύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δελφύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δελφύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δελφύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)