Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ðélta/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðélta/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðélta/

Noun

δέλτα • ‎(délta) n ‎(indeclinable)

1. delta, the letter Δ, δ
   • Anecdota Bekkeri 781
2. anything shaped like a Δ
   1. river delta
      • Herodotus, 2 13
      • Strabo, Geography 701
      • Arrian 5.4
   2. ****
      • Aristophanes, Lysistrata 151

Descendants

• Latin: deltidium (New Latin)

References

• δέλτα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δέλτα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «δέλτα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «δέλτα» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)

Greek

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Δ δ   –   English: delta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈðelta/

Noun

δέλτα • ‎(délta) n ‎(invariable)

1. delta, the fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet.
2. river delta

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet ‎(Appendix:Greek alphabet)

External links

• δέλτα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el