Pythonissan.

Brit.

/ˌpʌɪθəˈnɪsə/,

/ˌpɪθəˈnɪsə/, U.S.

/ˌpaɪθəˈnɪsə/,

/ˌpɪθəˈnɪsə/

Forms:

α. Middle English–1500s Phitonissa, Middle English–1600s Phitonessa, 1500s Phaetonissa; also Scottish pre-1700 Phetanissa, pre-1700 Phitonissa; N.E.D. (1909) also records a form Middle English Phitonyssa.

β. 1600s– Pythonissa.

Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pythonissa, phitonissa.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pythonissa (Vulgate), phitonissa (12th cent. or earlier) woman with powers of divination < python- , pytho Python n.² + classical Latin -issa -ess suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier pythoness n.Compare Vulgate, 1 Chronicles 10:13 eo quod..insuper etiam pythonissam consuluerit (King James Bible (1611): ‘and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit’); Septuagint ἐν τῷ ἐγγαστριμύθῳ (see engastrimyth n.).

Now rare.

= pythoness n.Frequently treated as the proper name of the witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28:7).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > one possessed by or speaking for

pythonessa1393

Pythonissac1395

demoniacc1405

demoniaclea1500

Python1548

energumen1564

engastrimyth1605

energumenist1646

engastriloque1718

possessionist1726

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun] > practitioner of > female

divineressc1374

pythonessa1393

Pythonissac1395

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > one possessed by familiar spirit > female

pythonessa1393

Pythonissac1395

c1395 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 1510 Speke as renably..As to the Phitonissa [v.r. phitonessa] dide Samuel.

c1554 D. Lindsay Dialog. Exper. & Court. (1931–6) IV. sig. P8^v With Phitonissa, I heir tell, Quhilk rasit the Spreit of Samuell.

1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. xlv. f. 58^v Wee reade in the Bookes of the Kinges, that Phitonissa a woman, which was in Endor raised the soule of Samuel the Prophete.

1586 L. Lloyd Certaine Eng. Verses sig. A3 In Phætonissa schoole, at Endor they were taught.

1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) iii. sig. E3 What heauenly breath of Phitonessaes powre (That raysd the dead corpes of her friend to life).

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 212 Saith the Pythonissa to Saul; To Morrow thou and thy sonne shall be with me.

1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World II. ix. 99 That Pythonissa to the Catholick Oracle, who receiv'd her Inspirations the same way the Priestesses did of old.

a1737 M. Green Spleen (1754) 7 Green-apron'd Pythonissa's rage.

1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 155 But we have still his Treatise on the Pythonissa, or Witch of Endor, publish'd by Leo Allatius with a curious dissertation, and reprinted in the eighth tome of the Critici Sacri.

1825 Ann. Reg. 216/2 The oracles of the humble Pythonissa [sc. Mme. Krudener] were declared seditious.

1864 J. Anster tr. J. W. von Goethe Faustus ii. iii. 265 Where art thou, Pythonissa? Come, be thy name what it may, Come thou from out the vaults of this dismal castle.

1940 Classical Philol. 35 296 The witch of Endor is referred to as pythonissa.

1991 H. de Almeida Romantic Med. & John Keats xiv. 192 Her..mouth..foams forth like the Pythia or Pythonissa who deliver the oracles at Apollo's temple in prophetic frenzy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pythonissa
释义	Pythonissan. Brit. /ˌpʌɪθəˈnɪsə/, /ˌpɪθəˈnɪsə/, U.S. /ˌpaɪθəˈnɪsə/, /ˌpɪθəˈnɪsə/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s Phitonissa, Middle English–1600s Phitonessa, 1500s Phaetonissa; also Scottish pre-1700 Phetanissa, pre-1700 Phitonissa; N.E.D. (1909) also records a form Middle English Phitonyssa. β. 1600s– Pythonissa. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pythonissa, phitonissa. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pythonissa (Vulgate), phitonissa (12th cent. or earlier) woman with powers of divination < python- , pytho Python n.² + classical Latin -issa -ess suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier pythoness n.Compare Vulgate, 1 Chronicles 10:13 eo quod..insuper etiam pythonissam consuluerit (King James Bible (1611): ‘and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit’); Septuagint ἐν τῷ ἐγγαστριμύθῳ (see engastrimyth n.). Now rare. = pythoness n.Frequently treated as the proper name of the witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28:7). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > one possessed by or speaking for pythonessa1393 Pythonissac1395 demoniacc1405 demoniaclea1500 Python1548 energumen1564 engastrimyth1605 energumenist1646 engastriloque1718 possessionist1726 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun] > practitioner of > female divineressc1374 pythonessa1393 Pythonissac1395 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > one possessed by familiar spirit > female pythonessa1393 Pythonissac1395 c1395 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 1510 Speke as renably..As to the Phitonissa [v.r. phitonessa] dide Samuel. c1554 D. Lindsay Dialog. Exper. & Court. (1931–6) IV. sig. P8^v With Phitonissa, I heir tell, Quhilk rasit the Spreit of Samuell. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. xlv. f. 58^v Wee reade in the Bookes of the Kinges, that Phitonissa a woman, which was in Endor raised the soule of Samuel the Prophete. 1586 L. Lloyd Certaine Eng. Verses sig. A3 In Phætonissa schoole, at Endor they were taught. 1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) iii. sig. E3 What heauenly breath of Phitonessaes powre (That raysd the dead corpes of her friend to life). 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 212 Saith the Pythonissa to Saul; To Morrow thou and thy sonne shall be with me. 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World II. ix. 99 That Pythonissa to the Catholick Oracle, who receiv'd her Inspirations the same way the Priestesses did of old. a1737 M. Green Spleen (1754) 7 Green-apron'd Pythonissa's rage. 1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 155 But we have still his Treatise on the Pythonissa, or Witch of Endor, publish'd by Leo Allatius with a curious dissertation, and reprinted in the eighth tome of the Critici Sacri. 1825 Ann. Reg. 216/2 The oracles of the humble Pythonissa [sc. Mme. Krudener] were declared seditious. 1864 J. Anster tr. J. W. von Goethe Faustus ii. iii. 265 Where art thou, Pythonissa? Come, be thy name what it may, Come thou from out the vaults of this dismal castle. 1940 Classical Philol. 35 296 The witch of Endor is referred to as pythonissa. 1991 H. de Almeida Romantic Med. & John Keats xiv. 192 Her..mouth..foams forth like the Pythia or Pythonissa who deliver the oracles at Apollo's temple in prophetic frenzy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1395
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