Delphi
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δελφοί (Delphoí).
Proper noun
Delphi
- A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle
- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek, as well a diminutive of Delphine.
- A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States.
- A programming language dialect based on Pascal.
- A method for obtaining consensus from a group of experts; see Delphi method in Wikipedia.
Translations
city of ancient Greece
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programming language
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δελφοί (Delphoí, “Delphi”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdel.pʰiː/, [ˈd̪ɛɫ̪pʰiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdel.fi/, [ˈd̪ɛlfi]
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Delphī |
Genitive | Delphōrum |
Dative | Delphīs |
Accusative | Delphōs |
Ablative | Delphīs |
Vocative | Delphī |
Locative | Delphīs |
Descendants
- Italian: Delfi
References
- “Delphi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Delphi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Delphi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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