- δελφίς
- δελφίς (later [full] δελφίν, Mosch.3.37 (dub.l.), Man.5.157), ῖνος, ὁ:—A dolphin, Il.21.22, Od.12.96, Archil.74.7, Pi.P.2.51, Hdt.1.24, Arist. HA489b2, Opp.H.1.648, etc.; as an ornament, IG2.678B37; cf. βελφίν.II mass of lead shaped like a dolphin, hung at the yard-arm, and let down on the decks of the enemy's 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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