delphis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delphis, delphinis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
dolphin; ornament shaped like a dolphin; (part of water organ); constellation;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...rogo? PS. Si quid vis, roga. quod scibo, Delphis tibi responsum dicito. SIM. Advorte ergo animum..."Pausanias
Cornelius Nepos
"...reprehensus, quod [cum] ex praeda tripodem aureum Delphis posuisset epigrammate scripto, in quo haec erat sententia: suo ductu..."Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...dixerit astrologus, credent a fonte relatum Hammonis, quoniam Delphis oracula cessant et genus humanum damnat caligo futuri. praecipuus..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...deus damnauit, abiecit pater, Mors quoque refugit. Praestiti Delphis fidem Genitorem adortus impia straui nece. Hoc alia pietas..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Pallas et odit Tydea, iam rapto tacuerunt augure Delphi: en meus Hippomedon, cui gentis origo Mycenae Argolicique lares..."Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...noua clades semper eris mutisque diu plorabere Delphis. hic Tenedon Chrysenque dies partuque ligatum Delon et intonsi claudet..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...vertice summo Thyiadas effusis euantis crinibus egit, cum Delphi tota certatim ex urbe ruentes acciperent laeti divum fumantibus..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...annis. forte revertentes Phoebus Maiaque creatus, ille suis Delphis, hic vertice Cyllenaeo, videre hanc pariter, pariter traxere colorem..."