δέλτα

English (LSJ)

τό, indecl.,

   A the letter δέλτα: gen. δέλτατος Democr.20. (Hebr. dāleth 'door'.)    II anything shaped like a Δ, esp. island formed by the mouths of a large river, as the Nile, Hdt.2.13, etc.; of the Indus, Str.15.1.33, Arr.An.5.4.1, etc.    2 adverbially, δ. παρατετιλμέναι Ar.Lys.151.    III = δελτωτόν, Ptol.Tetr.27.