delphino
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delphinus, delphini:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
dolphin; ornament shaped like a dolphin; (part of water organ); constellation;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...accentibus. VIII. Res ultra fidem tradita super amatore delphino et puero amato. IX. "Peposci" et "memordi", "pepugi..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...debebit. VIII. Res ultra fidem tradita super amatore delphino et puero amato. Delphinos venerios esse et amasios..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quidem, ut sunt lascivi et dicaces, aiebant in delphino sedisse et sic tamquam Ariona transvectum". XLII. In narrando..."
