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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative Πύθιος Πυθίᾱ Πύθιον
Genitive Πυθίου Πυθίᾱς Πυθίου
Dative Πυθίῳ Πυθίᾱͅ Πυθίῳ
Accusative Πύθιον Πυθίᾱν Πύθιον
Vocative Πύθιε Πυθίᾱ Πύθιον
DualN/A/V Πυθίω Πυθίᾱ Πυθίω
G/D Πυθίοιν Πυθίαιν Πυθίοιν
PluralNominative Πύθιοι Πύθιαι Πύθια
Genitive Πυθίων Πυθιῶν Πυθίων
Dative Πυθίοις Πυθίαις Πυθίοις
Accusative Πυθίους Πυθίᾱς Πύθια
Vocative Πύθιοι Πύθιαι Πύθια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective Πύθιος Πυθίου Πυθιώτερος Πυθιωτέρου Πυθιώτατος Πυθιωτάτου
Adverb Πυθίως Πυθιώτερον Πυθιώτατα

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

  • "ὦ Πύθιε Ἄπολλον, τὸν εὐτυχῆ Σύλλαν Κορνήλιον ἐν τοσούτοισ ἀγῶσιν ἄρασ λαμπρὸν καὶ μέγαν ἐνταῦθα ῥίψεισ ἐπὶ θύραισ τῆσ πατρίδοσ ἀγαγών, αἴσχιστα τοῖσ ἑαυτοῦ συναπολούμενον πολίταισ; (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 29 6:2)
  • Τὰ ῥόδα τὰ δροσόεντα καὶ ἁ κατάπυκνοσ ἐκείνα ἑρ́πυλλοσ κεῖται ταῖσ Ἑλικωνιάσι, ταὶ δὲ μελάμφυλλοι δάφναι τὶν Πύθιε Παιάν, Δελφὶσ ἐπεὶ πέτρα τοῦτό τοι ἀγλάισε. (Theocritus, Idylls1)
  • τὰ ῥόδα τὰ δροσόεντα, καὶ ἁ κατάπυκνοσ ἐκείνα ἑρ́πυλλοσ κεῖται ταῖσ Ἑλικωνιάσιν ταὶ δὲ μελάμφυλλοι δάφναι τίν, Πύθιε Παιάν, δελφὶσ ἐπεὶ πέτρα τοῦτό τοι ἀγλάϊσεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3361)

Synonyms

  1. Pythian

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

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