Δελφοί
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From the plural of δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, see also Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /del.pʰǒi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /delˈpʰy/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðelˈɸy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðelˈfy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðelˈfi/
Proper noun edit
Δελφοί • (Delphoí) m pl (genitive Δελφῶν); second declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | οἱ Δελφοί hoi Delphoí | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν Δελφῶν tôn Delphôn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς Δελφοῖς toîs Delphoîs | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τοὺς Δελφούς toùs Delphoús | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Δελφοί Delphoí | ||||||||||||
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Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | οἱ Δελφοί hoi Delphoí | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν Δελφῶν tôn Delphôn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν Δελφοῖσῐ / Δελφοῖσῐν / Δελφοῖς toîsi(n) Delphoîsi(n) / Delphoîs | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τοὺς Δελφούς toùs Delphoús | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Δελφοί Delphoí | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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 (2006–2024)
- “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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Δελφοί (Delphoí).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Δελφοί • (Delfoí) m pl
Declension edit
Δελφοί
Derived terms edit
- δελφικός (delfikós, “Delphic”)
Further reading edit
- Δελφοί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el