different between delphini vs delphinus

Latin

Noun

delph?n?

1. nominative plural of delph?nus
2. genitive singular of delph?nus
3. vocative plural of delph?nus

References

• delphini in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• delphini in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• delphini in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latin

Alternative forms

• delph?n

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (delphín), a later form of the previous ?????? (delphís, “a dolphin”), from ?????? (delphús, “womb”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /del?p?i?.nus/, [d?????p?i?n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /del?fi.nus/, [d??l?fi?nus]

Noun

delph?nus m (genitive delph?n?); second declension

1. A dolphin; an aquatic mammal of the family Delphinidae or Platanistidae
2. The constellation Delphinus
3. A kind of decorative furniture, possibly decorated with dolphins
4. (Medieval Latin) dauphin (eldest son)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• delphinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• delphinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• delphinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• delphinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette