Δελφοί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the plural of δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, see also Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /del.pʰǒi̯/ → /ðelˈɸy/ → /ðelˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /del.pʰǒi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /delˈpʰy/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðelˈɸy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðelˈfy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðelˈfi/

Proper noun

Δελφοί • (Delphoí) m pl (genitive Δελφῶν); second declension

1. Delphi (a town in Phocis, Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle)

Inflection

Second declension of οἱ Δελφοί; τῶν Δελφῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Δελφοί hoi Delphoí
Genitive	τῶν Δελφῶν tôn Delphôn
Dative	τοῖς Δελφοῖς toîs Delphoîs
Accusative	τοὺς Δελφούς toùs Delphoús
Vocative	Δελφοί Delphoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of οἱ Δελφοί; τῶν Δελφῶν (Ionic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Δελφοί hoi Delphoí
Genitive	τῶν Δελφῶν tôn Delphôn
Dative	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν Δελφοῖσῐ / Δελφοῖσῐν / Δελφοῖς toîsĭ(n) Delphoîsĭ(n) / Delphoîs
Accusative	τοὺς Δελφούς toùs Delphoús
Vocative	Δελφοί Delphoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Δελφός (Delphós)
• Δελφῐ́ς (Delphĭ́s)
• Δελφῐκός (Delphĭkós)

Descendants

• Greek: Δελφοί (Delfoí)
• Latin: Delphī

References

• “Δελφοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Δελφοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Δελφοί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Δελφοί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “Δελφοί”, 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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δελφοί (Delphoí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðelˈfi/
• Hyphenation: Δελ‧φοί

Proper noun

Δελφοί • (Delfoí) m pl

1. Delphi

Declension

Declension of Δελφοί

	plural
nominative	Δελφοί (Delfoí)
genitive	Δελφών (Delfón)
accusative	Δελφούς (Delfoús)
vocative	Δελφοί (Delfoí)

Derived terms

• δελφικός (delfikós, “Delphic”)

Further reading

• Δελφοί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el