Delphinia

[ del-fin-ee-uh ]

noun

an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
Also Del·phine [del-feen]. /dɛlˈfin/. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “dolphin.”

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Uncrystallised aconitia is sometimes contaminated with Delphinia, as well as with aconella, another constituent of aconite root.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
The sending of the maidens to propitiate the god during the Delphinia commemorates this event in the life of Theseus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 | Various
As such, his commonest name is Delphinius, the “dolphin god,” in whose honour the festival Delphinia was celebrated in Attica.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 | Various
For external use in neuralgic and rheumatic affections, as a substitute for solution of Delphinia.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley

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