Dictionary entry

Trophonian

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tro‐pho″ni‐an (?), a. [L. Trophonianus, fr. Trophonius, Gr. �, a Grecian architect, fabled to have been the builder of the first temple of Apollo at Delphi. He was worshiped after death, and had a celebrated oracle in a cave in Bœotia.] Of or pertaining to Trophonius, his architecture, or his cave and oracle.