Pythṓ

Πῡθώ • Pythṓ der vorantike Name von Delphi

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-ṓ, from *dʰewb- (“Tiefe, Höhle, Boden”), a reference to the monsters who inhabited the caverns, but it has also been linked to πύθω (pythō, “rotten, zerfallen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyː.tʰɔ̌ː/ → /pyˈθo/ → /piˈθo/

Proper noun

Πῡθώ • (Pūthṓ) f (genitive Πῡθοῦς); third declension

1. Pytho; the ancient name of Delphi
2. Python, the monstrous snake said to have been slain by Pythian Apollo at Delphi