- δελφίς
- δελφίς, -ῖνοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `dolphin' (Il.)Other forms: (late -ίν)Dialectal forms: Lesb. βέλφινες (EM).Derivatives: δελφινίσκος (Arist.) and δελφινάριον (Hero). Δελφίνιος "dolphin-god", surname of Apollon (h. Ap.); Δελφίνιον tempel of Ap. Delphinios in Athens (Att.); also Δελφίδιος (Knossos). - δελφίνιον and δελφινιάς (Ps.-Dsc.) plant name (from the form of the leaves, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 42); - δελφίνειος (Cyran.) and δελφινίς (Luc.). - Denomin. δελφινίζω `jump in like a dolphin' (Luc.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [473] *gʷelbʰu- `womb'Etymology: Cf. ἀκτίς, γλωχίς etc. To a word for `womb', s. δελφύς and ἀδελφός. So the dolphin was called after its body (Kretschmer DLZ 1893, 170).Page in Frisk: 1,362-363
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.