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Δελφοί

Second declension Noun; Masculine 고유 그리스 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Δελφοί

Structure: Δελφ (Stem) + οι (Ending)

Sense

  1. Delphi
  2. the Delphians

Declension

Second declension
Plural
Nominative Δελφοί
Genitive Δελφῶν
Dative Δελφοῖς
Accusative Δελφούς
Vocative Δελφοί

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

  • λάμπει δ’ ὑπὸ μαρμαρυγαῖσ ὁ χρυσὸσ ὑψιδαιδάλτων τριπόδων σταθέντων πάροιθε ναοῦ, τόθι μέγιστον ἄλσοσ Φοίβου παρὰ Κασταλίασ ῥεέθροισ Δελφοὶ διέπουσι. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 4:2)
  • ἔπεμψεν ἡμᾶσ, ὦ Δελφοί, ὁ ἡμέτεροσ δυνάστησ Φάλαρισ ἄξοντασ τῷ θεῷ τὸν ταῦρον τοῦτον καὶ ὑμῖν διαλεξομένουσ τὰ εἰκότα ὑπέρ τε αὐτοῦ ἐκείνου καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀναθήματοσ. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 1:1)
  • ἐγώ, φησίν, ὦ Δελφοί, καὶ παρὰ πᾶσι μὲν τοῖσ Ἕλλησι τοιοῦτοσ ὑπολαμβάνεσθαι ὁποῖόσ εἰμι, ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁποῖον ἡ παρὰ τῶν μισούντων καὶ φθονούντων φήμη ταῖσ τῶν ἀγνοούντων ἀκοαῖσ παραδέδωκεν, ἀντὶ τῶν πάντων ἀλλαξαίμην ἄν, μάλιστα δὲ παρ’ ὑμῖν, ὅσῳ ἱεροί τέ ἐστε καὶ πάρεδροι τοῦ Πυθίου καὶ μόνον οὐ σύνοικοι καὶ ὁμωρόφιοι τοῦ θεοῦ. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 1:3)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ ἐνταῦθα ἤδη ὑμᾶσ, ὦ Δελφοί, ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ δέουσ νῦν τῷ λογισμῷ γενομένουσ ἀξιῶ περὶ τῶν τότε πρακτέων μοι συμβουλεῦσαι, ὅτε ἀφύλακτοσ ὀλίγου δεῖν ληφθεὶσ ἐζήτουν τινὰ σωτηρίαν περὶ τῶν παρόντων. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 5:1)
  • τοῦτο βουλοίμην ἂν αὖθισ γὰρ ὑμᾶσ, ὦ Δελφοί, συμβούλουσ καλῶ, πότερον ἄμεινον εἶναι ἀδίκωσ ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀδίκωσ σώζειν τὸν ἐπιβεβουλευκότα; (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 9:3)

Synonyms

  1. Delphi

  2. the Delphians

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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