delphinus

• delphīn

From Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /delˈpʰiː.nus/, [d̪ɛɫ̪ˈpʰiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /delˈfi.nus/, [d̪elˈfiːnus]

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delphīnus m (genitive delphīnī); second declension

1. A dolphin; an aquatic mammal of the family Delphinidae or Platanistidae
2. The constellation Delphinus
3. A kind of decorative furniture, possibly decorated with dolphins
4. (Medieval Latin) dauphin (eldest son)

Second-declension noun.

• “delphinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “delphinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• delphinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• delphinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.