delta
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
Latin > English
delta undeclined N N :: Greek letter dalta; delta of the Nile
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
delta: ae, f. or indecl. n., = δέλτα,
I the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, delta, Δ>: non formam at vocem deltae gero Romuleum D, Aus. Idyll. de lit. monos. 14; so (but with gender undetermined) Mel. 2, 7, 14.—
II Meton.,
indecl. n., Δέλτα, nom. prop., the Delta in Lower Egypt, Mel. 1, 9, 2; Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 3, 16, 20, § 121; Auct. B. Alex. 27.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) delta, n. indécl. et delta, æ, f., delta [quatrième lettre de l’alphabet grec] : Mela 2, 115 ; Aus. Idyll. 12, 12, 14.
Latin > German (Georges)
delta, ae, f. od. indecl. n., der vierte Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets, Δ, Mela 2, 7, 14 (2. § 115). Auson. Technop. (XXVII) 12. de litt. monos. 14. p. 138, 22 Schenkl. – meton., Delta (indecl. n.), das von den Nilmündungen in Unterägypten gebildete Delta, Auct. b. Alex. 27, 1. Plin. 3, 121; 5, 50 u. ö. Mela 1, 9, 2 (1. § 51).
