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Delphi

Delphi · m

the famous city of the oracle of Apollo in Phocis

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Where it lives

Pausanias 1 · 11.34/10k
Miltiades 1 · 7.5/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 42 12 · 7.15/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 5 · 6.58/10k
Themistocles 1 · 5.84/10k
Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 2 · 4.81/10k
Commemoratio professorum Burdigalensium 1 · 3.81/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 5 · 3.8/10k
Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
De Divinatione 9 · 3.27/10k
De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 5 · 3.11/10k

Densest 12 of 52 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Delphi — Lewis & Short

Delphi, orum, m., *delfoi/,

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. 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., = *delfi/s, a priestess of the Delphic Apollo, Mart. 9, 43, 4: Lact. 1, 6, 7; id. Epit. 5, 1.

In the wild

Delphis Claudian, Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1.36
Delphis Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 p41
Delphi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.3
Delphis Pseudo-Tertullian, Ad Uxorem 1.6
Delphos Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.28.45.12
Delphos Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.42.42.1

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