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Delphi

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English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin Delphi.

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    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.

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    Latin

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δελφοί (Delphoí, “Delphi”).

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

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    Delphī m pl (genitive Delphōrum); second declension

    1. Delphi (a city, oracle in Greece)

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

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

    Descendants

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    • Italian: Delfi
    • → English: Delphi

    References

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    • “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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