"Δελφοί" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Δελφοί in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /del.pʰǒi̯/, /ðelˈɸy/, /ðelˈfi/, /del.pʰǒi̯/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /delˈpʰy/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ðelˈɸy/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ðelˈfy/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ðelˈfi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From the plural of δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, see also Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*gʷelbʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, {{cog|sa|गर्भ|sc=Deva}} Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Δελφῶν|m-p|second}} Δελφοί • (Delphoí) m pl (genitive Δελφῶν); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Δελφός|οῦ|form=P}}, {{grc-decl|Δελφός|οῦ|dial=ion|form=P}} Forms: Delphoí [romanization], Δελφῶν [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], οἱ Δελφοί [nominative, plural], τῶν Δελφῶν [genitive, plural], τοῖς Δελφοῖς [dative, plural], τοὺς Δελφούς [accusative, plural], Δελφοί [plural, vocative], declension-2 [table-tags], οἱ Δελφοί [nominative, plural], τῶν Δελφῶν [genitive, plural], τοῖσῐ [dative, plural], τοῖσῐν Δελφοῖσῐ [dative, plural], Δελφοῖσῐν [dative, plural], Δελφοῖς [dative, plural], toîsĭ Delphoîsĭ [dative, plural], toîsĭ Delphoîsĭn [dative, plural], toîsĭnĭ [dative, plural], toîsĭnĭn [dative, plural], Delphoîs [dative, plural], τοὺς Δελφούς [accusative, plural], Δελφοί [plural, vocative]
  1. Delphi (a town in Phocis, Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle) Wikipedia link: Delphi Categories (place): Places in Greece, Towns in Greece Derived forms: Δελφός (Delphós), Δελφῐ́ς (Delphĭ́s), Δελφῐκός (Delphĭkós)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Δελφοί"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Δελφοί (Delfoí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Δελφοί (Delfoí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Delphī"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: Delphī",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: Delphī"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷelbʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "गर्भ",
        "sc": "Deva"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the plural of δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, see also Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Delphoí",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Δελφῶν",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ Δελφοί",
      "roman": "hoi Delphoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν Δελφῶν",
      "roman": "tôn Delphôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς Δελφοῖς",
      "roman": "toîs Delphoîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς Δελφούς",
      "roman": "toùs Delphoús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Δελφοί",
      "roman": "Delphoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ Δελφοί",
      "roman": "hoi Delphoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν Δελφῶν",
      "roman": "tôn Delphôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐν Δελφοῖσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Δελφοῖσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Δελφοῖς",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭ Delphoîsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭ Delphoîsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭnĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭnĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Delphoîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς Δελφούς",
      "roman": "toùs Delphoús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Δελφοί",
      "roman": "Delphoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Δελφῶν",
        "2": "m-p",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "Δελφοί • (Delphoí) m pl (genitive Δελφῶν); second declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Δελφός",
        "2": "οῦ",
        "form": "P"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Δελφός",
        "2": "οῦ",
        "dial": "ion",
        "form": "P"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
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            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Places in Greece",
          "orig": "grc:Places in Greece",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Towns in Greece",
          "orig": "grc:Towns in Greece",
          "parents": [
            "Towns",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "Delphós",
          "word": "Δελφός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Delphĭ́s",
          "word": "Δελφῐ́ς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Delphĭkós",
          "word": "Δελφῐκός"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Delphi (a town in Phocis, Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Δελφοί-grc-name-LAfwve~E",
      "links": [
        [
          "Delphi",
          "Delphi#English"
        ],
        [
          "Phocis",
          "Phocis#English"
        ],
        [
          "Greece",
          "Greece#English"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Delphi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/del.pʰǒi̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðelˈɸy/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðelˈfi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/del.pʰǒi̯/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/delˈpʰy/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðelˈɸy/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðelˈfy/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðelˈfi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Δελφοί"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Delphós",
      "word": "Δελφός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Delphĭ́s",
      "word": "Δελφῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Delphĭkós",
      "word": "Δελφῐκός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Δελφοί"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Δελφοί (Delfoí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Δελφοί (Delfoí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Delphī"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: Delphī",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: Delphī"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "grc",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the plural of δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, see also Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Delphoí",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Δελφῶν",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ Δελφοί",
      "roman": "hoi Delphoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν Δελφῶν",
      "roman": "tôn Delphôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς Δελφοῖς",
      "roman": "toîs Delphoîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς Δελφούς",
      "roman": "toùs Delphoús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Δελφοί",
      "roman": "Delphoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ Δελφοί",
      "roman": "hoi Delphoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν Δελφῶν",
      "roman": "tôn Delphôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐν Δελφοῖσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Δελφοῖσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Δελφοῖς",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭ Delphoîsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭ Delphoîsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭnĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭnĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Delphoîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς Δελφούς",
      "roman": "toùs Delphoús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Δελφοί",
      "roman": "Delphoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Δελφῶν",
        "2": "m-p",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "Δελφοί • (Delphoí) m pl (genitive Δελφῶν); second declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Δελφός",
        "2": "οῦ",
        "form": "P"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Δελφός",
        "2": "οῦ",
        "dial": "ion",
        "form": "P"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
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        "Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek pluralia tantum",
        "Ancient Greek proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Places in Greece",
        "grc:Towns in Greece"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Delphi (a town in Phocis, Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle)"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "Greece",
          "Greece#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/del.pʰǒi̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðelˈɸy/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðelˈfi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/del.pʰǒi̯/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/delˈpʰy/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðelˈɸy/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðelˈfy/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðelˈfi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Δελφοί"
}

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