Πυθιάς
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
Πυθιάς
Πυθιάδος
Structure:
Πυθιαδ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Etym.: pecul. fem. of Pu/qios
Sense
- the Pythian priestess
- the celebration of the Pythian games
- a sacred mission, to Pytho or Delphi
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἀφικόμενοσ δ’ Ἀθήνησιν ἐξ Ὀλυμπίασ δύο πίνακασ ἀνέθηκεν, Ἀγλαοφῶντοσ γραφὴν ὧν ὁ μὲν εἶχεν ’ Ὀλυμπιάδα καὶ Πυθιάδα στεφανούσασ αὐτόν, ἐν δὲ θατέρῳ Νεμέα ἦν καθημένη καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν γονάτων αὐτῆσ Ἀλκιβιάδησ, καλλίων φαινόμενοσ τῶν γυναικείων προσώπων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 47 2:2)
- πόλιν μὲν δή ποτε εἶναι λέγουσι τοὺσ Λουσούσ, καὶ Ἀγησίλασ ἀνὴρ Λουσεὺσ ἀνηγορεύθη κέλητι ἵππῳ νικῶν, ὅτε πρώτην ἐπὶ ταῖσ δέκα ἐτίθεσαν πυθιάδα Ἀμφικτύονεσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 18 12:1)
- τὸ δὲ δὴ καὶ τὴν εἰσ Δελφοὺσ ὁδὸν ἔργον εἶναι τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ τὴν θεωρίαν τὴν Πυθιάδα Ἀθηναίων μόνον πάτριον τί ἂν εἴποισ ἢ τῶν θεῶν ἅπαντα ταῦτ’ εἶναι, βουλομένων πανταχῆ τὰσ Ἀθήνασ πρεσβεύειν καὶ πᾶσιν ὥσπερ χεῖρα τοῖσ καλοῖσ ἐπιβάλλειν τὴν πόλιν; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 99:9)
- καθ’ ὃν χρόνον Ἀπόλλωνα τὴν γῆν ἐπιόντα ἡμεροῦν τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἀπό τε τῶν ἡμέρων καρπῶν καὶ τῶν βίων, ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν δ’ ὁρμηθέντα ἐπὶ Δελφοὺσ ταύτην ἰέναι τὴν ὁδόν, ᾗ νῦν Ἀθηναῖοι τὴν Πυθιάδα πέμπουσι· (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 3 18:2)
Synonyms
-
the Pythian priestess
- Πυθία (the Pythia, priestess of Pythian Apollo)
- ἱέρεια (a priestess)
-
the celebration of the Pythian games
- Πυθιονίκης (a conqueror in the Pythian games)
- Πύθια (the Pythian games, Pytho, Pythian Apollo)
