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Δελφίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Δελφίς Δελφίδος

Structure: Δελφιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a female inhabitant of Delphi; a female Delphian

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὄψιν δὲ προσβαλοῦσα παιδὶ νηπίῳ ἐθαύμασ’ εἴ τισ Δελφίδων τλαίη κόρη λαθραῖον ὠδῖν’ ἐσ θεοῦ ῥῖψαι δόμον, ὑπέρ τε θυμέλασ διορίσαι πρόθυμοσ ἦν· (Euripides, Ion, episode 4:2)
  • καὶ τίσ γάλακτί σ’ ἐξέθρεψε Δελφίδων; (Euripides, Ion, episode 2:13)
  • τρίποδα γὰρ χρηστήριον λιποῦσα θριγκοῦ τοῦδ’ ὑπερβάλλω πόδα Φοίβου προφῆτισ, τρίποδοσ ἀρχαῖον νόμον σῴζουσα, πασῶν Δελφίδων ἐξαίρετοσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics 2:2)
  • πρῶτον μὲν εἴ τισ Δελφίδων τεκοῦσά σε ἐσ τούσδε ναοὺσ ἐξέθηκε παρθένοσ, ἔπειτα δ’ εἴ τισ Ἑλλάσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics 2:51)

Synonyms

  1. a female inhabitant of Delphi

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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