Delphinus
noun
the Dolphin, a northern constellation between Aquila and Pegasus.
Delphini
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genitive of
Delphinus.
Example Sentences
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Delphini Diggory—there isn’t a hole she couldn’t dig herself into.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
In every Delphin edition of the classics we are informed, that consultum est pudori Serenissimi Delphini; but this has been managed in various ways.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
Danet, Ad usum Delphini, Paris, 1700, 4to, 2 vols.; and frequently: Quicherat, 9th ed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
This was the same youth who told us he had been reading “Lucius Florus;” Florus Delphini was the phrase.
From Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Henry Morley
All the Boys in the School, but I, have the Classick Authors in usum Delphini, gilt and letter'd on the Back.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Joseph Addison
