Python, Pythonis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Religion
familiar spirit/demon possessing soothsayer; soothsayer; snake slain at Delphi;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | Python | Pythones |
| Gen. | Pythonis | Pythonum, Pythonium |
| Dat. | Pythoni | Pythonibus |
| Acc. | Pythonem | Pythones |
| Voc. | Python | Pythones |
| Abl. | Pythone | Pythonibus |
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ensiset rubuit flammis iterum Neptunia cuspisspiculaque extenso Paean Pythone recoxit,Pallas Gorgoneos diffudit in aegida crines,Pallenaea Ioui..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...arma,diuitias numerare datum est. hinc maxima serpensdescendit Python Cirrhaeaque fluxit in arua,unde et Thessalicae ueniunt..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...aetheriam domum serpente caeso meruit—o quotiens iacet Python in hydra! Bacchus et Perseus deis iam se intulere..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fundat; adsit ad cantus meos lacessere ausus gemina Python numina, et Hydra et omnis redeat Herculea manu succisa..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Cephisi glaciale caput, quo suetus anhelam ferre sitim Python amnemque auertere ponto: omnibus inmixtas cono super aspice laurus..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...honori terrigenam Tityon Stygiis extendis harenis; te uiridis Python Thebanaque mater ouantem horruit in pharetris, ultrix tibi torua..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...creavit. Illa quidem nollet, sed te quoque, maxime Python, tum genuit, populisque novis, incognita serpens, terror eras: tantum..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...creavit. Illa quidem nollet, sed te quoque, maxime Python, tum genuit, populisque novis, incognita serpens, terror eras: tantum..."