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Πύθιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: Πύθιον Πύθιου

Structure: Πυθι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: Puqw/

Sense

  1. the temple of Pythian Apollo

Declension

Second 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.

Examples

  • Πυθ]ίου [ἔπ’ εἶμ’], ἐπεὶ ὁλκ]άδ’ ἔπεμψεν ἐμοὶ χρυσέαν Πιερ]ίαθε[ν ἐύ̈θ]ρονοσ Οὐρανία, πολυφ]άτων γέμουσαν ὕμνων ! (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 16 <[H(raklh=s]> 1:1)
  • θεὸν προσεῖπεν ὡσ ἀνάξιον τοῦ Πυθίου καὶ οὐχ ὅπωσ θεοῖσ, ἀλλ̓ οὐδ̓ ἀνθρώποισ δεξιοῖσ πρέπον. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 9:1)
  • ἐγώ, φησίν, ὦ Δελφοί, καὶ παρὰ πᾶσι μὲν τοῖσ Ἕλλησι τοιοῦτοσ ὑπολαμβάνεσθαι ὁποῖόσ εἰμι, ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁποῖον ἡ παρὰ τῶν μισούντων καὶ φθονούντων φήμη ταῖσ τῶν ἀγνοούντων ἀκοαῖσ παραδέδωκεν, ἀντὶ τῶν πάντων ἀλλαξαίμην ἄν, μάλιστα δὲ παρ’ ὑμῖν, ὅσῳ ἱεροί τέ ἐστε καὶ πάρεδροι τοῦ Πυθίου καὶ μόνον οὐ σύνοικοι καὶ ὁμωρόφιοι τοῦ θεοῦ. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 1:3)
  • ’ἰδὼν δὲ ἀνέκραγον εὐθύσ, ἄξιον τὸ κτῆμα τοῦ Πυθίου, πεμπτέοσ ὁ ταῦροσ τῷ θεῷ. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 11:6)
  • "ἐγὼ δὲ ὅτι μὲν καὶ δακτύλιόν τινα ἱερὸν ἔχω Ἀπόλλωνοσ τοῦ Πυθίου εἰκόνα ἐκτυποῦντα τὴν σφραγῖδα καὶ οὗτοσ ὁ Ἀπόλλων φθέγγεται πρὸσ ἐμέ, οὐ λέγω, μή σοι ἄπιστα δόξω περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ μεγαλαυχεῖσθαι· (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 30:4)

Synonyms

  1. the temple of Pythian Apollo

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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