Δελφίς

See also: δελφίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Δελφοί (Delphoí, “Delphi”); feminine of Δελφός (Delphós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /del.pʰís/ → /ðelˈɸis/ → /ðelˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /del.pʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /delˈpʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðelˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðelˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðelˈfis/

Noun

Δελφῐ́ς • (Delphís) f (genitive Δελφῐ́δος); third declension

1. a female inhabitant of Delphi; a female Delphian

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Δελφῐ́ς; τῆς Δελφῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Δελφῐ́ς hē Delphís	τὼ Δελφῐ́δε tṑ Delphíde	αἱ Δελφῐ́δες hai Delphídes
Genitive	τῆς Δελφῐ́δος tês Delphídos	τοῖν Δελφῐ́δοιν toîn Delphídoin	τῶν Δελφῐ́δων tôn Delphídōn
Dative	τῇ Δελφῐ́δῐ têi Delphídi	τοῖν Δελφῐ́δοιν toîn Delphídoin	ταῖς Δελφῐ́σῐ / Δελφῐ́σῐν taîs Delphísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Δελφῐ́δᾰ tḕn Delphída	τὼ Δελφῐ́δε tṑ Delphíde	τᾱ̀ς Δελφῐ́δᾰς tā̀s Delphídas
Vocative	Δελφῐ́ς Delphís	Δελφῐ́δε Delphíde	Δελφῐ́δες Delphídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Related terms

• Δελφός (Delphós)
• Δελφικός (Delphikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Δελφίς (Delfís); Δελφίδα (Delfída)
• Latin: Delphis

References

• Δελφίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Δελφίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008