Δελφός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
Δελφός
Δελφοῦ
Structure:
Δελφ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- an inhabitant of Delphi; a Delphian
Declension
Second 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.
- Μυρτίλοσ μὲν γάρ ἔφασκεν ὥσπερ εἰσ αἶγασ ἡμᾶσ ἀγρίασ ἀποπέμπων τοὺσ ζητοῦντασ, Ἡγήσανδρον τὸν Δελφὸν ἐν τοῖσ ὑπομνήμασιν αὐτοῦ μνημονεύειν, τῆσ δὲ λέξεωσ τὰ νῦν οὐ μεμνῆσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 253)
- ἐκ δ’ ὑποψίασ καὶ διαβολῆσ πάλιν ἀναγκασθέντασ ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν Λακωνικήν, μετὰ παίδων καὶ γυναικῶν εἰσ Κρήτην κατᾶραι, Πόλλιν ἡγεμόνα καὶ Δελφὸν ἔχοντασ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 213)
- εἶτα κλήρῳ διαλαχεῖν πρὸσ τὸν Δελφὸν καὶ πολιτεύεσθαι μὲν αὐτοὺσ καθ’ αὑτούσ, ἔχειν δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων φιλανθρώπων καὶ ἄδειαν ἀδικημάτων, οἷσ οἱ ἄλλοι Κρῆτεσ εἰώθασι χρῆσθαι πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ ἄγοντεσ λαθραίωσ καὶ ἀποφέροντεσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 21 1:4)
- ἐκ δ’ ὑποψίασ καὶ διαβολῆσ πάλιν ἀναγκασθέντασ ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν Λακωνικήν, μετὰ παίδων καὶ γυναικῶν εἰσ Κρήτην κατᾶραι, Πόλλιν ἡγεμόνα καὶ Δελφὸν ἔχοντασ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 21 1:1)
- εἶτα κλήρῳ διαλαχεῖν πρὸσ τὸν Δελφόν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 21 5:1)
Synonyms
-
an inhabitant of Delphi
- Δελφίς (a female inhabitant of Delphi; a female Delphian)
- Δελφοί (the Delphians)
