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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

  • ἔδωκε δ’ αὖ καὶ συσκήνουσ δύο ἑκατέρῳ προσελέσθαι, οἳ δὴ καὶ Πύθιοι καλοῦνται. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 15 6:1)
  • οἱ δὲ Πύθιοι εἰσὶ θεοπρόποι ἐσ Δελφούσ, σιτεόμενοι μετὰ τῶν βασιλέων τὰ δημόσια. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 57 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. Pythian

Related

Similar forms

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

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