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.
- μετὰ δὲ νειμάμενοι κατὰ ἔθνη σέβουσι καὶ πολίτασ αὐτῶν ἀποφαίνουσιν, ὁ μὲν Δελφὸσ τὸν Ἀπόλλω καὶ ὁ Δήλιοσ, ὁ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοσ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν ‐ μαρτυρεῖται γοῦν τὴν οἰκειότητα τῷ ὀνόματι ‐ καὶ τὴν Ἥραν ὁ Ἀργεῖοσ καὶ ὁ Μυγδόνιοσ τὴν Ῥέαν καὶ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ὁ Πάφιοσ. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 10:4)
- δέομαι δὲ ὑμῶν Δελφὸσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ὢν καὶ τὸ ἴσον μετέχων τῆσ τε δημοσίασ εὐκλείασ, εἰ φυλάττοιτο, καὶ τῆσ ἐναντίασ δόξησ, εἰ ἐκ τῶν παρόντων προσγένοιτο, μήτ’ ἀποκλείειν τὸ ἱερὸν τοῖσ εὐσεβοῦσι μήτε τὴν πόλιν πρὸσ ἅπαντασ ἀνθρώπουσ διαβάλλειν ὡσ τὰ πεμπόμενα τῷ θεῷ συκοφαντοῦσαν καὶ ψήφῳ καὶ δικαστηρίῳ δοκιμάζουσαν τοὺσ ἀνατιθέντασ· (Lucian, Phalaris, book 2 3:1)
- ὅστισ καὶ ὑπὸ Πλάτωνόσ ποτε ὀνειδιζόμενοσ ἐπὶ τῇ ὀψοφαγίᾳ, ὥσ φησι Σωτίων καὶ Ἡγήσανδροσ, γράφει δὲ οὕτωσ ὁ Δελφόσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 306)
- Ἡγήσανδροσ δ’ ὁ Δελφὸσ Ἀγχίμολον καὶ Μόσχον φησὶ τοὺσ ἐν Ἤλιδι σοφιστεύσαντασ ὑδροποτῆσαι πάντα τὸν βίον καὶ μόνα σῦκα προσφερομένουσ οὐδενὸσ ἧττον διακεῖσθαι σώμασιν ἐρρωμενεστέρουσ τὸν δ’ ἱδρῶτα αὐτῶν δυσώδη οὕτωσ ἔχειν ὡσ πάντασ αὐτοὺσ ἐκκλίνειν ἐν τοῖσ βαλανείοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 21 1:2)
- "Ἡγήσανδροσ δ’ ὁ Δελφὸσ ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ φησὶν οὔτε ὕδνον γίνεσθαι οὔτε γλαυκίσκον οὔτε θύμον διὸ Ναυσικλείδην εἰρηκέναι μήτε ἐάρ μήτε φίλουσ, ὑδνόφυλλον δέ φησι Πάμφιλοσ ἐν Γλώσσαισ τὴν φυομένην τῶν ὕδνων ὕπερθε πόαν, ἀφ’ ἧσ τὸ ὕδνον γινώσκεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52125)
Synonyms
-
an inhabitant of Delphi
- Δελφίς (a female inhabitant of Delphi; a female Delphian)
- Δελφοί (the Delphians)
