Δελφοί
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the plural of δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, see also Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /del.pʰoí̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dɛlˈpʰy/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðelˈɸy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðelˈfy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðelˈfi/
Proper noun
Δελφοί • (Delphoí) m pl (genitive Δελφῶν); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | οἱ Δελφοί hoi Delphoí | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Δελφῶν tôn Delphôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Δελφοῖς toîs Delphoîs | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τοὺς Δελφούς toùs Delphoús | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Δελφοί Delphoí | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Δελφοί in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Δελφοί in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Δελφοί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Δελφοί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
- Δελφοί in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δελφοί (Delphoí).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðelˈfi/
- Hyphenation: Δελ‧φοί
Proper noun
Δελφοί • (Delfoí) m pl
Declension
Derived terms
- δελφικός (delfikós, “Delphic”)
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