δέλλις
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Beekes, the geminate "-λλ-" leads to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dél.liːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdel.lis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðel.lis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðel.lis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðe.lis/
Noun
[edit]δέλλῑς • (déllīs) f (genitive δέλλῑθος); third declension
- kind of wasp
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 têi déllīthi |
τοῖν δελλῑ́θοιν toîn dellī́thoin |
ταῖς δέλλῑσῐ / δέλλῑσῐν taîs déllīsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δέλλῑθᾰ tḕn déllītha |
τὼ δέλλῑθε tṑ déllīthe |
τᾱ̀ς δέλλῑθᾰς tā̀s déllīthas | ||||||||||
Vocative | δέλλῑς déllīs |
δέλλῑθε déllīthe |
δέλλῑθες déllīthes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- δελλίθιον (dellíthion)
References
[edit]- “δέλλις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δέλλις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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