Πυθών
ὦ διάνοια, ἐὰν ἐρευνᾷς τοὺς ἱεροφαντηθέντας λόγους μὲν θεοῦ, νόμους δὲ ἀνθρώπων θεοφιλῶν, οὐδὲν ταπεινὸν οὐδ᾽ ἀνάξιον τοῦ μεγέθους αὐτῶν ἀναγκασθήσῃ παραδέχεσθαι → if, O my understanding, thou searchest on this wise into the oracles which are both words of God and laws given by men whom God loves, thou shalt not be compelled to admit anything base or unworthy of their dignity
English (LSJ)
ῶνος, ἡ,= Πυθώ, Il.2.519, h.Merc.178, Simon.125, Pi.O.6.48, S.OT152 (lyr.), Ar.Ra.659, al.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῶνος (ἡ) :
c. Πυθώ.
English (Slater)
Πῡθών (-ῶνος, -ῶνι, -ῶνα: -ῶνάδε; -ωνόθεν.)
1 Pytho, Delphi ἐν δὲ Πυθῶνι χρησθὲν παλαίφατον τέλεσσεν (O. 2.39) Ὀλυμπίᾳ μὲν Πυθῶνι δὲ Ἰσθμοῖ τε (O. 2.49) πετραέσσας ἐκ Πυθῶνος (O. 6.48) Ὀλυμπίᾳ στεφανωσάμενος καὶ δὶς ἐκ Πυθῶνος (O. 12.18) ἐν δ' ἄρα μηλοδόκῳ Πυθῶνι (P. 3.27) Λατοίδαισιν Πυθῶνί τ (P. 4.3) Πυθῶνι δίᾳ (P. 7.11) Πυθῶνος ἐν γυάλοις (P. 8.63) ἐν Πυθῶνι ἀγαθέᾳ (P. 9.71) ὄφρα Θέμιν ἱερὰν Πυθῶνά τε καὶ ὀρθοδίκαν γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν κελαδήσετ (P. 11.9) δέξαι στεφάνωμα τόδ' ἐκ Πυθῶνος (P. 12.5) ἐν ἀγαθέᾳ Πυθῶνι κράτησεν (N. 6.35) ματέρι καὶ διδύμοις παίδεσσιν αὐδὰν μανύει Πυθῶνος αἰπεινᾶς ὁμοκλάροις ἐπόπταις (N. 9.5) ἐκράτησε δὲ καί ποθ' Ἕλλανα στρατὸν Πυθῶνι (N. 10.25) ἐν Πυθῶνι πειρᾶσθαι καὶ Ὀλυμπίᾳ ἀέθλων (N. 11.23) -ῶνάδε, ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν Πυθῶνάδ ᾤχετ ἰών (O. 6.37) πτερόεντα δ' ἵει γλυκὺν Πυθῶνάδ ὀιστόν (O. 9.12) -ωνό- θεν, ἔχοντα Πυθωνόθεν τὸ καλλίνικον λυτήριον δαπανᾶν μέλος χαρίεν (P. 5.105) Πυ]θωνόθ[εν (Pae. 6.72)
English (Thayer)
Πύθωνος, ὁ, Python;
1. in Greek mythology the name of the Pythian serpent or dragon that dwelt in the region of Pytho at the foot of Parnassus in Phocis, and was said to have guarded the oracle of Delphi and been slain by Apollo.
2. equivalent to δαιμόνιον μαντικον (Hesychius, under the word), a spirit of divination: πνεῦμα Πύθωνος, or more correctly (with L T Tr WH) πνεῦμα πύθωνα (on the union of two substantives one of which has the force of an adjective see Matthiae, p. 962,4; (Kühner, § 405,1; Lob. Paralip. 344 f)), a ventriloquist, appealing to Plutarch, who tells us (mor., p. 414e. de def. orac. 9) that in his time ἐγγαστριμυθοι were called πυθωνες; (cf. Meyer).
