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pythoness


py·tho·ness

P0692400 (pī′thə-nĭs, pĭth′ə-)n.1. Greek Mythology A priestess of Apollo at Delphi.2. A prophetess.
[Middle English phitonesse, from Old French phitonise, from Late Latin pȳthonissa, from Greek Pūthōn, Python; see Python1.]

pythoness

(ˈpaɪθəˌnɛs) n1. (Classical Myth & Legend) a woman, such as Apollo's priestess at Delphi, believed to be possessed by an oracular spirit2. (Classical Myth & Legend) a female soothsayer[C14 phitonesse, ultimately from Greek Puthōn Python]

py•tho•ness

(ˈpaɪ θə nɪs, ˈpɪθ ə-)

n. a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit. [1350–1400; Middle English phytonesse (< Middle French phitonise) < Medieval Latin phitōnissa, Late Latin (Vulgate) pȳthōnissa, feminine derivative of pȳthōn < Greek pneûma pýthōna spirit of divination (NT), Pýthōnes ventriloquists (Plutarch), obscurely akin to Pȳthṓ(n) Delphi (compare Pythian)]
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Noun1.pythoness - a witch with powers of divinationwitch - a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
2.pythoness - (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oraclesPythoness - (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oraclesPythiaGreek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

pythoness


pythoness

priestess of Apollo, the Delphic Oracle, endowed with prophetic powers. [Gk. Hist.: Collier’s, VII, 682]See: Prophecy

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Related to pythoness: Pythia, oracle of Delphi
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noun a witch with powers of divination

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  • witch

noun (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles

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  • Pythia

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