δελφίνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δελφῑ́ς (delphī́s, “dolphin”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /del.pʰí.ni.on/ → /ðelˈɸi.ni.on/ → /ðelˈfi.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /del.pʰí.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /delˈpʰi.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðelˈɸi.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðelˈfi.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðelˈfi.ni.on/

Noun

δελφῐ́νῐον • (delphínion) n (genitive δελφῐνῐ́ου); second declension

1. rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis, syn. Delphinium ajacis)

   Synonym: σώσᾰνδρον (sṓsandron)

2. forking larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δελφῐ́νῐον; τοῦ δελφῐνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δελφῐ́νῐον tò delphínion	τὼ δελφῐνῐ́ω tṑ delphiníō	τᾰ̀ δελφῐ́νῐᾰ tà delphínia
Genitive	τοῦ δελφῐνῐ́ου toû delphiníou	τοῖν δελφῐνῐ́οιν toîn delphiníoin	τῶν δελφῐνῐ́ων tôn delphiníōn
Dative	τῷ δελφῐνῐ́ῳ tôi delphiníōi	τοῖν δελφῐνῐ́οιν toîn delphiníoin	τοῖς δελφῐνῐ́οις toîs delphiníois
Accusative	τὸ δελφῐ́νῐον tò delphínion	τὼ δελφῐνῐ́ω tṑ delphiníō	τᾰ̀ δελφῐ́νῐᾰ tà delphínia
Vocative	δελφῐ́νῐον delphínion	δελφῐνῐ́ω delphiníō	δελφῐ́νῐᾰ delphínia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Delphinium

Further reading

• “δελφίνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δελφίνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δελφίνιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)