Delphi

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Delphi, orum, m., Δελφοί,

I the famous city of the oracle of Apollo in Phocis , now Kastri : Delphi sub monte Parnaso oppidum clarissimi in terris oraculi Apollinis, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4; Mann. Gr. p. 160 sq.; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 65; Cic. Div. 2, 57; id. N. D. 3, 23; Hor. Od. 1, 7, 3; id. A. P. 219; Ov. M. 9, 332; 10, 168 et saep.—

II Derivv.

A Delphi , ōrum, m., the Delphians, the inhabitants of Delphi , Cat. 62, 392; Just. 24, 7 sq.; Dig. 50, 1, 1, § 2.—

B Delphĭcus , a, um, adj., Delphic, belonging to Delphi : tellus, Ov. M. 1, 515: Apollo, Plin. 34, 3, 8, § 14; he is also called, absol. : Delphicus , Ov. M. 2, 543; id. F. 3, 856; Nep. Paus. 5 fin. : oracula, Cic. Div. 2, 57: templa, Ov. M. 11, 414: Pytho, Tib. 2, 3, 27: laurus Phoebi, Lucr. 6, 154; Hor. Od. 3, 30, 15; cf. Cato R. R. 8, 2: ales, i. e. the raven , Petr. 122, 177: mensae, a toilettable, made after the fashion of the Delphic tripod , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59 Zumpt; cf. absol. : argentum atque aurum non simplex Delphica portat, Mart. 12, 66; so subst., Inscr. Orell. 2505 and 3094. And, in a like sense: cortina, Plin. 34, 3, 8, § 14.—Hence, * adv.: Delphĭcē , in the manner of the Delphic oracle , Varr. ap. Non. 141, 5.—*

C Del-phĭcŏla , ae, m. [Delphi-colo], the inhabitant of Delphi , an epithet of Apollo, Aus. Idyll. de histor. 5.—

D Delphis , ĭdis, f., = Δελφίς, a priestess of the Delphic Apollo , Mart. 9, 43, 4: Lact. 1, 6, 7; id. Epit. 5, 1.

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