Delphis

Delphi, orum, m., Delphoi, 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. Mela, 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, Catull. 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., = Delphis, a priestess of the Delphic Apollo, Mart. 9, 43, 4: Lact. 1, 6, 7; id. Epit. 5, 1.