δέλφαξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ᾰκος, ἡ (cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.9.375a</span>, ὁ, <span class="bibl">Epich.100.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Sopat.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com. 110</span>), <span class="bibl">Hippon.70</span> B, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.70</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>506.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.281</span>, Theopomp. Com. <span class="bibl">48</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>573b13</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[pig]], ll. cc., etc.; full-grown, opp. <b class="b3">χοῖρος</b>, Ar. Byz. ap. Ath. l.c.; sacrificed to Persephone, <span class="title">IG</span>3.77.7.</span>

|etymtx=-ακος<br />Grammatical information: f. (m.)<br />Meaning: [[mother swine]], as opposed to <b class="b3">χοῖρος</b> (Ion.-Att.).<br />Derivatives: Dimin. <b class="b3">δελφάκιον</b> (Att.) and <b class="b3">δελφακίς</b> (pap. and Ostr.); also <b class="b3">δελφακίνη</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Epich. 124, 2; Chantr. Form. 204), adj. <b class="b3">δελφάκειος</b> (Pherekr.). Denomin. <b class="b3">δελφακόομαι</b> <b class="b2">become δ.</b> (Ar. Ach. 786).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [373] <b class="b2">*gʷelbʰu-</b> [[womb]]<br />Etymology: Cf. <b class="b3">κόραξ</b>, <b class="b3">σκύλαξ</b> (Schwyzer 497, Chantraine 377ff.) and like these in detail unclear. Probaly from a word for [[womb]] (<b class="b3">δελφύς</b>?, <b class="b3">*δέλφος</b>?, s. <b class="b3">ἀδελφός</b>). Cf. [[δέλφιξ]], [[δελφίς]], [[Δελφοί]].