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.
- ]δ’ ἵκῃ παιηόνων ἄνθεα πεδοιχνεῖν, Πύθι’ Ἄπολλον, τόσα χοροὶ Δελφῶν σὸν κελάδησαν παρ’ ἀγακλέα ναόν. (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 16 <[H(raklh=s]> 1:18)
- καὶ ὅσον ἐπὶ τῇ γῇ, βαθεῖ λιμῷ ἀεὶ συνῆμεν ἄν, τὸ δ’ ἱερὸν καὶ ὁ Πύθιοσ καὶ τὸ χρηστήριον καὶ οἱ θύοντεσ καὶ οἱ εὐσεβοῦντεσ, ταῦτα Δελφῶν τὰ πεδία, ταῦτα ἡ πρόσοδοσ, ἐντεῦθεν ἡ εὐπορία, ἐντεῦθεν αἱ τροφαὶ ‐ χρὴ γὰρ τἀληθῆ πρόσ γε ἡμᾶσ αὐτοὺσ λέγειν ‐ καὶ τὸ λεγόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν ποιητῶν, ἄσπαρτα ἡμῖν καὶ ἀνήροτα φύεται τὰ πάντα ’ὑπὸ γεωργῷ τῷ θεῷ, ὃσ οὐ μόνον τὰ παρὰ τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν ἀγαθὰ γιγνόμενα παρέχει, ἀλλ’ εἴ τι ἐν Φρυξὶν ἢ Λυδοῖσ ἢ Πέρσαισ ἢ Ἀσσυρίοισ ἢ Φοίνιξιν ἢ Ἰταλιώταισ ἢ Ὑπερβορέοισ αὐτοῖσ, πάντα ἐσ Δελφοὺσ ἀφικνεῖται. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 2 8:4)
- δοκεῖτε δέ μοι, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Δελφοί, ἄριστα βουλεύσεσθαι περὶ τῶν παρόντων, εἰ λογίσαισθε ὑπὲρ ὅσων καὶ ἡλίκων ἐστὶν ἡ σκέψισ, πρῶτον μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ θυσιῶν καὶ ἀναθημάτων καὶ ἐθῶν ἀρχαίων καὶ θεσμῶν παλαιῶν καὶ δόξησ τοῦ μαντείου, ἔπειτα ὑπὲρ τῆσ πόλεωσ ὅλησ καὶ τῶν συμφερόντων τῷ τε κοινῷ ἡμῶν καὶ ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ Δελφῶν, ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ τῆσ παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισ εὐκλείασ ἢ κακοδοξίασ· (Lucian, Phalaris, book 2 10:1)
- ἐν τῷδε λαιμοὺσ τρεῖσ τριῶν μήλων τεμὼν ἔγγραψον ὁρ́κουσ τρίποδοσ ἐν κοίλῳ κύτει, κἄπειτα σῴζειν θεῷ δὸσ ᾧ Δελφῶν μέλει, μνημεῖά θ’ ὁρ́κων μαρτύρημά θ’ Ἑλλάδι. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:3)
- ἥκω δὲ Δελφῶν τήνδε γῆν, ἵν’ ὀμφαλὸν μέσον καθίζων Φοῖβοσ ὑμνῳδεῖ βροτοῖσ τά τ’ ὄντα καὶ μέλλοντα θεσπίζων ἀεί. (Euripides, Ion, episode 1:2)
- τόν τε Φαρσαννὲσ καὶ Δελφὼν καὶ Φασγὰ (Septuagint, Liber Esther 9:7)
Synonyms
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an inhabitant of Delphi
- Δελφίς (a female inhabitant of Delphi; a female Delphian)
- Δελφοί (the Delphians)
