Pytho

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “(the city of) Pytho”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpyː.tʰoː/, [ˈpyːt̪ʰoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.to/, [ˈpiːt̪o]

Proper noun

Pȳthō f sg (genitive Pȳthūs); fourth declension

1. (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 ?

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pȳthō
Genitive	Pȳthūs
Dative	Pȳthō
Accusative	Pȳthō Pȳthōn
Ablative	Pȳthō
Vocative	Pȳthō
Locative	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")