δέλτα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, indecl., <span class="sense"><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>

|elnltext=δέλτα, τό, meestal indecl., gen. ook δέλτατος delta (vierde letter van het Griekse alfabet). uitbr., van zaken met delta-vorm, meestal voor de delta van rivieren; seks.: δέλτα παρατετιλμέναι met geëpileerde delta (vrl. schaamdelen) Aristoph. Lys. 151.