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Πύθιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Πύθιος Πύθιᾱ Πύθιον

Structure: Πυθι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Pu_qw/

Sense

  1. Pythian, Delphian, his temple
  2. four persons whose office it was to consult the Delphic oracle

Examples

  • 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

  1. Pythian

Related

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

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