δέλτα
δέλτα, letter delta, anything shaped like a delta
δέλτα, τό, indecl.,
- the letter δέλτα: gen. δέλτατος Democr. 20. (Hebr. dāleth ‘door’.)
- II anything shaped like a Δ, esp. island formed by the mouths of a large river, as the Nile, Hdt. 2.13, etc.; of the Indus, Str. 15.1.33, Arr. An. 5.4.1, etc.
- 2 adverbially, δ. παρατετιλμέναι Ar. Lys. 151.
- III = δελτωτόν, Ptol. Tetr. 27.
1 delta cuarta letra del alfabeto gr., Democr.l.c., Achae.33, Pl.Cra.427a, IKnidos 203 (heleníst.), Luc.Iud.Voc.10, S.E.M.9.244, AP 1.108,
κάμηλον ... κε]χαραγμέν[ον ἐ]πὶ μηρῷ δεξιῷ δ. καὶ ἰῶτα
2 pubis femenino, Ar.Lys.151.
3 astr., la constelación del Triángulo Ptol.Tetr.1.9.19 (var.).
4 arq. frontón
ἀετὸς προπύλαιος· τὸ νῦν λεγόμενον ἀέτωμα ἢ δ.
•Prést. de una lengua semít., cf. hebr. dáleth.
δέλτα (τὸ) indécl.
I delta, 4e lettre de l’alphabet grec (v. Δ, δ), Gramm. ||
II p. anal.
1 pays en forme de Δ : le delta des bouches du Nil, Hdt. 2, 13, etc. ; Plat. Tim. 21d ; etc. ; le delta de Thrace, près du Bosphore, Xén. An. 7, 1, 33, etc. ||
2 c. γυναικεῖον αἰδοῖον, Ar. Lys. 151 ||
➳ Gén. δέλτατος, Gramm. 781 Bekker, Anecdota græca.
Étym. hébreu daleth, ד, v. Δ, δ.
δέλτα, τό, indecl.,
1) der vierte Buchstab des griechischen Alphabets, Xen. Mem. 4.2.13, s. oben δ.
2) der zwischen den Nilarmen liegende Teil Unterägyptens, von seiner dreieckigen Gestalt, Her. u. A.
3) = αἰδοῖον γυναικεῖον, Ar. Lys. 151.
1) der vierte Buchstab des griechischen Alphabets, Xen. Mem. 4.2.13, s. oben δ.
2) der zwischen den Nilarmen liegende Teil Unterägyptens, von seiner dreieckigen Gestalt, Her. u. A.
3) = αἰδοῖον γυναικεῖον, Ar. Lys. 151.
δέλτα
- indecl., fourth letter of the Gr. alph.: as numeral, δʼ = τέσσαρες and τέταρτος, but,δ .
- Iδ is the medial dental mute, between the tenuis τ and the aspirate θ.
- IIchanges of δ in the dialects:
- 1Aeolic into β, as σάμβαλον for σάνδαλον:— reversely, ὀβελός becomes ὀδελός in Doric
- 2Aeolic or Doric into ζ, or ζ into δ and σδ, v. ζῆτα II. 2
- 3into θ, as ψεῦδος ψύθος.
- 4into λ, as δαήρ, Lat. levir, δάκρυ lacryma, δασύς λάσιος.
- 5into ς, as ὀδμή ὀσμή, ἴδμεν ἴσμεν.
- 6sometimes δ is inserted to give a fuller sound, (ἀνήρ) ἀνέρος ἀνδρός.
- 7δ is sometimes lost, cf. διωγμός, δίωξις with ἰωκή.
- 8it sometimes represents j (y), as in ἤδη or δή, Lat. jam.
δέλτα
- anything shaped like a Δ, a name for islands formed by the mouths of large rivers, as the Nile, Hdt.