δελφίς

A. dolphin, Il. 21.22, Od. 12.96, Archil. 74.7, Pi. P. 2.51, Hdt. 1.24, Arist. HA 489b2, Opp. H. 1.648, etc.; as an ornament, IG 2.678B37; cf. βελφίν.

II. mass of lead shaped like a dolphin, hung at the yard-arm, and let down on the decks of the enemy's ships, τοὺς δ. μετεωρίζου Ar. Eq. 762, cf. Sch. ad loc.; δ. κεροῦχος Pherecr. 12.

2. = κερκέτης, Paus.Gr. Fr. 118, Opp. H. 3.290.

3. stops in a machine, Orib. 48.4.44.

III. the constellation Dolphin, Democr. 14, Arist. Mete. 345b22, Arat. 316, Eratosth. Cat. 31 tit., etc.