different between northern vs delphinus

English

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-Germanic *nurþr?nijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordr?ni and Old Norse norrœnn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, /?n??ðn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, enPR: nôr?th?rn
• (non-standard) IPA^(key): /?n?ð?(?)n/

Adjective

northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north;northerly.
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. (Britain) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

Synonyms

• boreal
• septentrional

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional
• southern

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• eastern
• occidental
• oriental
• western

Noun

northern (plural northerns)

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions.
2. (fishing) The northern pike.
   • 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies

     As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.

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