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delphi
/ˈdɛlfaɪ/
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What does delphi mean?
proper noun
- A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle.
- A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States.
- A programming language dialect based on Pascal.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A method for obtaining consensus from a group of experts; see Delphi method in Wikipedia.
- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek, as well a diminutive of Delphine.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɛlfaɪ/
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When the city of Athens was once in danger of being attacked and destroyed, the oracle of Delphi was consulted.
The senate, having heard and satisfied themselves about the matter, decreed to send to Delphi, to ask counsel of the god.
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So privily without their leave I went To Delphi, and Apollo sent me back Baulked of the knowledge that I came to seek.
"Know thyself" is as applicable to-day as when the famous, immortal and mystic utterance was inscribed on the porch of the temple at Delphi.
They are the only oracles which are not decayed, and there are such answers to the most modern inquiry in them as Delphi and Dodona never gave.