- Δελφοί
- ΔελφοίGrammatical information: m.pl.Meaning: name of the inhabitants of Delphi (also attribut.) and of the town itself (Gildersleeve Syntax 51, Lundahl Namn och bygd 31 [1943] 42ff.) (h. Hom.)Dialectal forms: Aeol. Βελφοί; sec. dialectforms Δαλφοί, Δολφοί, Δερφοί (Schwyzer 205, 213, 275)Derivatives: Fem. Δελφίς `delphian' (Delph., S.), adj. Δελφικός (S.). δέλφιξ `table made after the Delphic threefoot' (Plu., EM), Lat. (mensa) Delphica.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [473] *gʷelbʰu- `womb'Etymology: Acc. to Lundahl the place was originally *Δελφύς after the form of the land, from which *ΔελφϜ-οί (cf. ἄστυ : *ἀστϜ-ός) \> Δελφοί, later used for the place. So from δελφύς.
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.