Pytho
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “(the city of) Pytho”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpyː.tʰoː/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.to/, [ˈpiː.to]
Proper noun
Pȳthō f (genitive Pȳthūs); third declension
- (historical) The city of Pytho.
- Albius Tibullus, 'Albii Tibulli elegiae', lib. 2, cap. 3, num. 27; in: Catullus[,] Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris, 1921, page 262f. with a translation into English by J. P. Postgate:
- Delos ubi nunc, Phoebe, tua est, ubi Delphica Pytho?
- Where, Phoebus, is thy Delos now, and where thy Delphian Pytho ?
- Delos ubi nunc, Phoebe, tua est, ubi Delphica Pytho?
- Albius Tibullus, 'Albii Tibulli elegiae', lib. 2, cap. 3, num. 27; in: Catullus[,] Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris, 1921, page 262f. with a translation into English by J. P. Postgate:
Inflection
Third declension, Greek type
| Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pȳthō |
| genitive | Pȳthūs |
| dative | Pȳthō |
| accusative | Pȳthō Pȳthōn |
| ablative | Pȳthō |
| vocative | Pȳthō |
Related terms
- Pȳthia
- pȳthicus
- pȳthius
- pȳthon
Descendants
- Italian: Pito
References
- Pytho in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pytho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1284
- Lucanus, de bello civili, lib. 5, num. 134; in: Lucanus. Bellum civile. Der Bürgerkrieg. Herausgegeben und übersetzt von Wilhelm Ehlers., 2nd edition, 1978, page 198f. (has "Python")
- Lucanus, de bello civili, lib. 5, num. 134; in: Lucan with an English translation by J. D. Duff; The Civil War Books I–X (Phrasalia), 1962, page 248f. (has "Python")