Delphi

Delphi

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin Delphi.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdɛlfi/, [ˈdɛɫfi]
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
      Rhymes: -ɛlfi
    • Homophone: delfie

    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.

    plural
    nominative Delphī
    genitive Delphōrum
    dative Delphīs
    accusative Delphōs
    ablative Delphīs
    vocative Delphī
    locative Delphīs

    Descendants

    • Italian: Delfi
    • English: 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.