δελφύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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 delphŭ́e 		αἱ δελφῠ́ες
hai delphŭ́es
Genitive τῆς δελφῠ́ος
tês delphŭ́os 		τοῖν δελφῠ́οιν
toîn delphŭ́oin 		τῶν δελφῠ́ων
tôn delphŭ́ōn
Dative τῇ δελφῠ́ῐ̈
tēî delphŭ́ĭ̈ 		τοῖν δελφῠ́οιν
toîn delphŭ́oin 		ταῖς δελφῠ́σῐ / δελφῠ́σῐν
taîs delphŭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν δελφῡ́ν
tḕn delphū́n 		τὼ δελφῠ́ε
tṑ delphŭ́e 		τᾱ̀ς δελφῦς / δελφῠ́ᾰς
tā̀s delphûs / delphŭ́ăs
Vocative δελφῡ́
delphū́ 		δελφῠ́ε
delphŭ́e 		δελφῠ́ες
delphŭ́es
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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