Scaife ATLAS

δέλτα indecl., fourth letter of the Gr. alph.: as numeral, δʼ = τέσσαρες and τέταρτος, but ,δ . δ is the medial dental mute, between the tenuis τ and the aspirate θ. changes of δ in the dialects: Aeolic into β, as σάμβαλον for σάνδαλον:— reversely, ὀβελός becomes ὀδελός in Doric Aeolic or Doric into ζ, or ζ into δ and σδ, v. ζῆτα II. 2 into θ, as ψεῦδος ψύθος. into λ, as δαήρ, Lat. levir, δάκρυ lacryma, δασύς λάσιος. into ς, as ὀδμή ὀσμή, ἴδμεν ἴσμεν. sometimes δ is inserted to give a fuller sound, (ἀνήρ) ἀνέρος ἀνδρός. δ is sometimes lost, cf. διωγμός, δίωξις with ἰωκή. it sometimes represents j. (y), as in ἤδη or δή, Lat. jam.

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Delta

letter delta, anything shaped like a delta

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Headword:

δέλτα

Headword (normalized):

δέλτα

Headword (normalized/stripped):

δελτα

IDX:

7435

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n7439

Key:

de/lta1

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