Python
Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → Life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.
Latin > English
Python Pythonis N M :: familiar spirit/demon possessing soothsayer; soothsayer; snake slain at Delphi
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pȳthon: ōnis, m., = Πύθων,>
I the serpent slain, according to the myth, near Delphi by Apollo, who was fabled to have been called Pythius in commemoration of this victory, Ov. M. 1, 438; 460; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Pȳthōn,¹⁴ ōnis, m. (Πύθων), serpent énorme tué par Apollon, d’où les jeux pythiques : Ov. M. 1, 438 || Pythonos Cōmē Plin. 10, 62, bourg de Python, en Asie Mineure. gén. -onos Varro L. 7, 17 ; acc. -ona Prop. 4, 6, 35 ; Ov. M. 1, 460 ; Luc. 5, 80.
Latin > German (Georges)
Pȳthōn, ōnis, m. (Πύθων), I) eine große Schlange bei Delphi, die Apollo tötete, weshalb er den Beinamen Pythius erhalten haben soll, Ov. met. 1, 438. Lucan. 6, 408 sqq. Claud. in Ruf. 1. praef. 1. Hyg. fab. 53 u. 140: Genet. Pythonos, Varro LL. 7, 17: Akk. Pythona, Prop. 4, 6, 35. Ov. met. 1, 460. Lucan. 5, 80. Diom. 495, 3. – II) appell.: a) der Wahrsagergeist, Vulg. 1. regg. 28, 7 u. 8. – b) der Wahrsager, Vulg. deut. 18, 11. Vulg. 4. regg. 21, 6 u.a. – attrib. = wahrsagerisch, spiritus pytho, Vulg. act. apost. 16, 16.
