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.
- Λάφριον γὰρ τὸν Κασταλίου τοῦ Δελφοῦ Καλυδωνίοισ ἱδρύσασθαι τὸ ἄγαλμα τῆσ Ἀρτέμιδοσ τὸ ἀρχαῖον, οἱ δὲ τῆσ Ἀρτέμιδοσ τὸ μήνιμα τὸ ἐσ Οἰνέα ἀνὰ χρόνον τοῖσ Καλυδωνίοισ ἐλαφρότερον γενέσθαι λέγουσι καὶ αἰτίαν τῇ θεῷ τῆσ ἐπικλήσεωσ ἐθέλουσιν εἶναι ταύτην. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 18 14:3)
- οἱ μὲν δὴ γενεαλογεῖν τὰ πάντα ἐθέλοντεσ παῖδα εἶναι Δελφοῦ Πύθην καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου βασιλεύσαντοσ γενέσθαι τῇ πόλει τὸ ὄνομα ἥγηνται· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 6 7:2)
- δείκνυται δ’ ἐν τῷ τεμένει τάφοσ Νεοπτολέμου κατὰ χρησμὸν γενόμενοσ, Μαχαιρέωσ Δελφοῦ ἀνδρὸσ ἀνελόντοσ αὐτόν, ὡσ μὲν ὁ μῦθοσ, δίκασ αἰτοῦντα τὸν θεὸν τοῦ πατρῴου φόνου, ὡσ δὲ τὸ εἰκόσ, ἐπιθέμενον τῷ ἱερῷ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 3 14:2)
Synonyms
-
an inhabitant of Delphi
- Δελφίς (a female inhabitant of Delphi; a female Delphian)
- Δελφοί (the Delphians)
