Delphi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δελφοί (Delphoí).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdɛlfi/, [ˈdɛɫfi]
    Rhymes: -ɛlfi

Proper noun

Delphi

  1. A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle
  2. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek, as well a diminutive of Delphine.
  3. A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States.
  4. A programming language dialect based on Pascal.
  5. A method for obtaining consensus from a group of experts; see Delphi method in Wikipedia.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δελφοί (Delphoí, Delphi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Delphī m pl (genitive Delphōrum); second declension

  1. Delphi (a city, oracle in Greece)

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

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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