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δελφίς

δελφίς, the dolphin

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δελφῖνα masculine accusative singular of δελφίς

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δελφίς (later δελφίν, Mosch. 3.37 (dub.l.), Man. 5.157), ῖνος, ὁ:—
  • dolphin, Il. 21.22, Od. 12.96, Archil. 74.7, Pi. P. 2.51, Hdt. 1.24, Arist. HA 489b2, Opp. H. 1.648, etc.; as an ornament, IG 2.678B37; cf. βελφίν.
    • II mass of lead shaped like a dolphin, hung at the yard-arm, and let down on the decks of the enemyʼs ships, τοὺς δ. μετεωρίζου Ar. Eq. 762, cf. Sch. ad loc.; δ. κεροῦχος Pherecr. 12.
      • 2 = κερκέτης, Paus.Gr. Fr. 118, Opp. H. 3.290.
      • 3 stops in a machine, Orib. 48.4.44.
    • III the constellation Dolphin, Democr. 14, Arist. Mete. 345b22, Arat. 316, Eratosth. Cat. 31 tit., etc.

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