Πύθιον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
Πύθιον
Πύθιου
Structure:
Πυθι
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- 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.
- πλίνθουσ τῷ Πυθίῳ χρυσᾶσ ἀνατίθησι μισθὸν τῶν χρησμῶν ὑφ’ ὧν καὶ ἀπολεῖται μικρὸν ὕστερον φιλόμαντισ δὲ ἁνὴρ ^ ἐκτόπωσ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 11:2)
- ἀλλὰ σὺ μέν, ὦ γενναῖε, μονονουχὶ θεομαχῶν ὑβρίζεισ εἰσ τὴν ὀρχηστικὴν ὁ Σωκράτησ δέ, σοφώτατοσ ἀνήρ, εἴ γε πιστευτέον τοῦτο περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντι τῷ Πυθίῳ, οὐ μόνον ἐπῄνει τὴν ὀρχηστικὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκμαθεῖν αὐτὴν ἠξίου, μέγιστον νέμων ^ εὐρυθμίᾳ καὶ εὐμουσίᾳ καὶ κινήσει ἐμμελεῖ καὶ εὐσχημοσύνῃ τοῦ κινουμένου· (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 24:2)
- ἐγὼ γοῦν ἀκούω καὶ παρ’ ὑμῖν τοῖσ Ἕλλησι πολλοὺσ γενέσθαι τυράννουσ σοφοὺσ ὑπὸ φαύλῳ ὀνόματι δοκοῦντι χρηστὸν καὶ ἥμερον ἦθοσ ἐπιδεδειγμένουσ, ὧν ἐνίων καὶ λόγουσ εἶναι βραχεῖσ ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ὑμῶν ἀποκειμένουσ, ἀγάλματα καὶ ἀναθήματα τῷ Πυθίῳ. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 7:2)
- ὁ δὲ Φῶκοσ ἄλλασ ἐξ ἄλλων ἀναβολὰσ τῶν γάμων ἐποιεῖτο, φοβούμενοσ μὴ βιασθείη, τέλοσ δὲ λιπαρούντων ἐκείνων, ἠξίου ἐπὶ τῷ Πυθίῳ ποιήσασθαι τὴν αἱρ́εσιν. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 4 1:3)
- καὶ κύκνῳ Πυθίῳ καὶ Δηλίῳ καὶ Λητοῖ Ὀρτυγομήτρᾳ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδι Ἀκαλανθίδι ‐ οὐκέτι Κολαινὶσ ἀλλ’ Ἀκαλανθὶσ Ἄρτεμισ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:8)
Synonyms
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the temple of Pythian Apollo
- Ἀμυκλαῖον (the temple of Amyclaean Apollo)
- Πύθια (the Pythian games, Pytho, Pythian Apollo)
- Πυθία (the Pythia, priestess of Pythian Apollo)