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Cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet → May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well.

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|btext=ωνος (ὁ) :<br />Python, serpent tué par Apollon.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG [[Πυθώ]].
|btext=ωνος (ὁ) :<br />Python, serpent tué par Apollon.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG [[Πυθώ]].
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|strgr=from Putho (the [[name]] of the [[region]] [[where]] [[Delphi]], the [[seat]] of the [[famous]] [[oracle]], [[was]] located); a Python, i.e. (by [[analogy]], [[with]] the supposed [[diviner]] [[there]]) inspiration ([[soothsaying]]): [[divination]].
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English (LSJ)

[ῡ], ωνος, ὁ, (cf. Πυθώ) the serpent Python, slain by Apollo, Ephor.31(b)J., Apollod.1.4.1, Plu.2.293c.    II παιδίσκη ἔχουσα πνεῦμα Πύθωνα a spirit of divination, Act.Ap.16.16.    2 pl. Πύθωνες, ventriloquists, Plu.2.414e, cf. Hsch.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ωνος (ὁ) :
Python, serpent tué par Apollon.
Étymologie: DELG Πυθώ.

English (Strong)

from Putho (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located); a Python, i.e. (by analogy, with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying): divination.