delphinum
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;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →delphin, delphinis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
dolphin; ornament shaped like a dolphin; (part of water organ); constellation;
gen. pl. - Entry →delphis, delphinis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
dolphin; ornament shaped like a dolphin; (part of water organ); constellation;
gen. pl.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...pectore virgo pube tenus, postrema inmani corpore pistrix delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum. Huic tamen Scyllae fera animalia..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vestigia cursu impediunt texuntque fugas et proelia ludo, delphinum similes qui per maria umida nando Carpathium Libycumque secant..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pectore virgo pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum. praestat Trinacrii metas lustrare Pachyni..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...timidusque procellae; qui uariare cupit rem prodigialiter unam, delphinum siluis adpingit, fluctibus aprum. In uitium ducit culpae fuga..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...ceteri pueri. Incredibile, tam verum tamen quam priora, delphinum gestatorem collusoremque puerorum in terram quoque extrahi solitum, harenisque..."
