Delphinia

[ del-fin-ee-uh ]

noun

1. an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
2. Also Del·phine [] a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “dolphin.”

Example Sentences

Uncrystallised aconitia is sometimes contaminated with delphinia, as well as with aconella, another constituent of aconite root.

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The sending of the maidens to propitiate the god during the Delphinia commemorates this event in the life of Theseus.

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As such, his commonest name is Delphinius, the “dolphin god,” in whose honour the festival Delphinia was celebrated in Attica.

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For external use in neuralgic and rheumatic affections, as a substitute for solution of delphinia.

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