delphic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Ancient Greek δελφύς (delphús, “womb, uterus”).

God! what cruelty that it shall not be lawful for us, according as we have been served and attended in our sickness, in our old age, in our affairs, to give more or less to those whom we have found most diligent about us, at our own fancy and discretion!” To which the legislator answers thus: “My friends, who are now, without question, very soon to die, it is hard for you in the condition you are, either to know yourselves, or what is yours, according to the delphic inscription. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne

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