δέλφαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

For the suffix, compare κόραξ (kórax, “crow”) and σκύλαξ (skúlax, “puppy”). From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”), the same root of δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), δολφός (dolphós, “womb”) and δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dél.pʰaks/ → /ˈðel.ɸaks/ → /ˈðel.faks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dél.pʰaks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdel.pʰaks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðel.ɸaks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðel.faks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðel.faks/

Noun

δέλφᾰξ • (délphăx) f (genitive δέλφᾰκος); third declension

1. mother-swine, sow

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δέλφᾰξ; τῆς δέλφᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δέλφᾰξ hē délphăx	τὼ δέλφᾰκε tṑ délphăke	αἱ δέλφᾰκες hai délphăkes
Genitive	τῆς δέλφᾰκος tês délphăkos	τοῖν δελφᾰ́κοιν toîn delphắkoin	τῶν δελφᾰ́κων tôn delphắkōn
Dative	τῇ δέλφᾰκῐ têi délphăkĭ	τοῖν δελφᾰ́κοιν toîn delphắkoin	ταῖς δέλφᾰξῐ / δέλφᾰξῐν taîs délphăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δέλφᾰκᾰ tḕn délphăkă	τὼ δέλφᾰκε tṑ délphăke	τᾱ̀ς δέλφᾰκᾰς tā̀s délphăkăs
Vocative	δέλφᾰξ délphăx	δέλφᾰκε délphăke	δέλφᾰκες délphăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δελφᾰ́κειος (delphắkeios)
• δελφᾰκῑ́νη (delphăkī́nē)
• δελφᾰ́κῐον (delphắkĭon)
• δελφᾰκῐ́ς (delphăkĭ́s)
• δελφᾰκόομαι (delphăkóomai)

Further reading

• “δέλφαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δέλφαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δέλφαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέλφαξ 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