δέλλις

Ancient Greek

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

δέλλῑς • (déllīs) f (genitive δέλλῑθος); third 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 tēî déllīthĭ	τοῖν δελλῑ́θοιν toîn dellī́thoin	ταῖς δέλλῑσῐ / δέλλῑσῐν taîs déllīsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δέλλῑθᾰ tḕn déllīthă	τὼ δέλλῑθε tṑ déllīthe	τᾱ̀ς δέλλῑθᾰς tā̀s déllīthăs
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.

“δέλλις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
δέλλις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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