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|Transliteration C=delta | |Transliteration C=delta | ||
|Beta Code=de/lta | |Beta Code=de/lta | ||
|Definition=τό, indecl., <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> [[the letter]] | |Definition=τό, indecl., <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> [[the letter]] [[δέλτα]]: gen. δέλτατος <span class="bibl">Democr.20</span>. (Hebr. <b class="b2">dāleth</b> 'door'.) </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> [[anything shaped like a]] [[Δ]], esp. [[island formed by the mouths of a large river]], as the Nile, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.13</span>, etc.; of the Indus, <span class="bibl">Str.15.1.33</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>5.4.1</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> adverbially, δ. παρατετιλμέναι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>151</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> = [[δελτωτόν]], <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>27</span>.</span> | ||
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[hte letter delta]], [[delta of a river]]<br />Other forms: Gen. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[hte letter delta]], [[delta of a river]]<br />Other forms: Gen. [[δέλτατος]] Demokr. 20; further uninflected.<br />Derivatives: [[δελτωτός]] [[formed like the δέλτα]] (Arat., Eratosth.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.<br />Etymology: From Semitic; cf. Hebr. [[dāleth]], properly [[gate]]; s. Schwyzer 140 γ. Because of the formal identity referred to the Delta of the Nile (Hdt.), the Indus (Str., Arr.) and other rivers; also to the <b class="b3">αἰδοῖον γυναικεῖον</b> (Ar. Lys. 151); s. Schulze KZ 39, 612 = Kl. Schr. 365, Taillardat, Images d'Aristophane $ 120.; Old-indian parallel in Pischel KZ 41, 176ff. | ||
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