delphin
See also: Delphin
English
editEtymology
editLatin delphinus (“a dolphin”) + -in.
Noun
editdelphin (uncountable)
Synonyms
editPart or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “delphin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
editEtymology
editUnassimilated borrowing of Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín). See delphīnus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdel.pʰiːn/, [ˈd̪ɛɫ̪pʰiːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdel.fin/, [ˈd̪ɛlfin]
Noun
editdelphīn m (genitive delphīnis); third declension
- Alternative form of delphīnus (“dolphin”)
- Delphinus the Dolphin (constellation)
Declension
editThird-declension noun with irregular accusative singular and plural.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | delphīn | delphīnēs |
Genitive | delphīnis | delphīnum |
Dative | delphīnī | delphīnibus |
Accusative | delphīna | delphīnās |
Ablative | delphīne | delphīnibus |
Vocative | delphīn | delphīnēs |
Genitive singular, dative singular and dative/ablative plural are not attested.
References
edit- “delphinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- delphin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
editNoun
editdelphin
- Alternative form of delphyn
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