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Πύθων

Third declension Noun; Masculine 고유 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Πύθων Πύθωνος

Structure: Πυθων (Stem)

Etym.: cf. Puqw/

Sense

  1. Python
  2. of divination

Declension

Third 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

  • "πλεῖστον δὲ Δελφῶν λόγον εἶχε, καὶ τῶν λεγομένων περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον ἐνταῦθα καὶ δρωμένων ἱερῶν οὐδενὸσ ἀνήκοοσ ἦν, ἀλλὰ κἀκεῖνα δαιμόνων ἔφασκεν εἶναι πάθη μεγάλα καὶ ταῦτα δὴ τὰ περὶ Πύθωνα. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 2112)
  • ταύτησ δὲ τῆσ ἡμέρασ οἱ περὶ Πύθωνα καὶ Σέλευκον εἰσ τὸ Σεραπεῖον ἀποσταλέντεσ ἠρώτων εἰ κομίσωσιν ἐκεῖ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον ὁ δὲ θεὸσ κατὰ χώραν ἐᾶν ἀνεῖλε. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 76 4:1)
  • τὸ μὲν οὖν Σεπτήριον ἐοίκε μίμημα τῆσ πρὸσ τὸν Πύθωνα τοῦ θεοῦ μάχησ εἶναι καὶ τῆσ μετὰ τὴν μάχην ἐπὶ τὰ Τέμπη φυγῆσ καὶ ἐκδιώξεωσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 12 1:1)
  • Ὀζόλασ δὲ Λοκροὺσ οἱ μὲν διὰ τὸν Νέσσον, οἱ δὲ διὰ τὸν Πύθωνα δράκοντα κληθῆναι λέγουσιν, ἐκβρασθέντασ ὑπὸ τῆσ θαλάττησ καὶ σαπέντασ ἐν τῇ τῶν Λοκρῶν χώρᾳ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 15 2:1)
  • τὸ μὲν οὖν Στεπτήριον ἐοίκε μίμημα τῆσ πρὸσ τὸν Πύθωνα τοῦ θεοῦ μάχησ εἶναι καὶ τῆσ μετὰ τὴν μάχην ἐπὶ τὰ Τέμπη φυγῆσ καὶ ἐκδιώξεωσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 12 1:1)
  • Πυθῶνά τε μηλοθύταν ὑμνέων Νεμέαν τε καὶ Ἰσθμόν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 8 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. of divination

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

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