δελφίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(later [[δελφίν]], Mosch.3.37 (dub.l.), Man.5.157), [[δελφῖνος]], ὁ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[dolphin]], Il.21.22, Od.12.96, Archil.74.7, Pi.''P.''2.51, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.24, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''489b2, Opp.''H.''1.648, etc.; as an [[ornament]], ''IG''2.678B37; cf. [[βελφίν]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[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 [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''762, cf. Sch. ad loc.; δ. κεροῦχος Pherecr.12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[κερκέτης]], Paus.Gr.''Fr.''118, Opp.''H.''3.290.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[stops]] in a machine, Orib.48.4.44.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[the constellation Dolphin]], Democr.14, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''345b22, Arat.316, Eratosth.''Cat.''31 tit., etc.