Delphi, A citie and people in Greece, where was the oracle of Apollo.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Delphi, orum, m., *delfoi/, 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.