pycnitis
pycnītis, ĭdis, f., = πυκνῖτις, a plant, mullein, wool-blade (pure Lat. verbascum), App. Herb. 71.
pycnocomon
pycnŏcŏmon, i, n., = πυκνόκομον, a plant, devil's-bit: Scabiosa succisa, Linn.; or, acc. to Sprengel, small-flowered motherwort: Leonurus Marrubiastrum, Linn.; Plin. 26, 8, 36, § 57.
pycnostylos
pycnostȳlos, on, adj., = πυκνόστυλος, close-columned, having the columns close together, pycnostyle, Vitr. 3, 2, 1; 3, 4, 3.
pycta
pycta or pyctes, ae, m., = πύκτης. Lit., a boxer, pugilist (pure Lat. pugil), Plin. 7, 47, 48, § 152; Sen. Contr. 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 24, 5; Tert. Anim. 46; id. adv. Gnost. 6.
When occurring with pugil, pyctes denotes a boxer who fights in the Greek manner, and pugil one who fights in the Roman manner, Tert. Jejun. 17 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 2530. Transf., of a fighting-cock (from pyctes), Col. 8, 2, 5.
pyctalis
pyctālis, e, adj. pycta, of or belonging to a boxing-match, pugilistic: certamen, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 373.
pyctomacharius
pyctŏmăchārĭus, ĭi, m. πυκτομαχέω, a boxer, pugilist, for pycta and pugil, Firm. Math. 8, 8.
Pydna
Pydna, ae, f., = Πύδνα, a city in Macedonia, on the Thermaic Gulf (the modern Kitro), celebrated for the battle in which Perseus was defeated by Æmilius Paulus, Liv. 44, 6, 3; 44, 42, 2 sqq.; Nep. Them. 8, 5.
Pydnaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Pydna, Liv. 44, 45.
pyelus
pyĕlus, i, m., = πύελος, a bath, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 62.
pyga
pȳga (pūga), ae, f., = πυγή, the rump, buttocks (pure Lat. nates), Hor. S. 1, 2, 133.
Plur., Naev. ap. Non. 39, 28.
pygargus
pȳgargus, i, m., = πύγαργος (whiterump). A kind of eagle, perh. the bald eagle or fish-hawk, Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 7. A kind of antelope, Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214; Juv. 11, 138; Vulg. Deut. 14, 5.
Pygela
Pygĕla, ōrum, n., = Πύγελα, a town and harbor of Ionia, Liv. 37, 11; called also Phygĕla, Mel. 1, 17; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 114.
pygisiacus
pȳgĭsĭăcus, a, um, adj. πυγησιακός (not in use), from πυγή, qs. of or belonging to secret buttock-worship: puellam invitare ad pygisiaca sacra, i. e. to copulation, Petr. S. 140 (al. pygiaca, pygiciaca, in the same signif.).
Pygmaei
Pygmaei, ōrum, m., = Πυγμαῖοι (qs. Fistlings, Tom Thumbs), the Pygmies, a fabulous dwarfish race of antiquity, especially in Africa; at war with the cranes, by whom they were constantly defeated, Mel. 3, 8, 8; Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 188; 4, 11, 18, § 44; 5, 29, 29, § 109; Gell. 9, 4, 10.
Hence, Pyg-maeus, a, um, adj., Pygmœan: mater, i. e. the queen of the Pygmies, Gerane or Œnoe, Ov. M. 6, 90: sanguis, id. F. 6, 176: virgo, a female dwarf, Juv. 6, 505: bellator, id. 13, 167.
Pygmalion
Pygmălĭon, ōnis, m., = Πυγμαλίων. Grandson of Agenor, who became enamoured of a statue he had made, and to which, at his earnest petition, Venus gave life, Ov. M. 10, 243 sq.; Arn. 6, 206. Son of Belus, king of Tyre, and brother of Dido, Verg. A. 1, 347; Just. 18, 4, 3; 11.
Hence, Pygmălĭōnēus, a, um, adj., Pygmalionian, poet. for Phœnician: terra, Sil. 1, 21; also for Carthaginian, id. 6, 532.
Pylades
Pylădes, ae and is, m., = Πυλάδης. Son of King Strophius, celebrated as the friend of Orestes, Cic. Lael. 7, 24; id. Fin. 2, 24, 79; Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 28; id. P. 3, 2, 70; 85; Hor. S. 2, 3, 139; Hyg. Fab. 119 and 120.
Transf., for a faithful friend, Ov. R. Am. 589.
Dat. Pyladi, Mart. 6, 11.
Hence, Pylădēus, a, um, adj., Pyladean; transf., for very faithful, very tender: amicitia, Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84. A celebrated paniomimist from Cilicia, under Augustus, Suet. Aug. 45; Sen. Excerpt. cont. 3 praef.; Macr. S. 2, 7.
Pylae
Pylae, ārum, f., = Πύλαι (gates, gateways). In gen., a narrow pass, defile: Tauri, between Cappadocia and Cilicia, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 2; called also Amanicae, Curt. 3, 8, 13; 3, 4, 2: Susides, in Persia, id. 5, 3, 17: Caspiae, Mel. 1, 15. In partic., the Pass of Thermopylœ, Liv. 32, 4; 36, 15.
Hence, Pylăĭcus, a, um, adj., Thermopylœan: concilium, the congress of the Greeks at Thermopylœ, Liv. 31, 32; called also Pylaicus conventus, id. 33, 35.
Pylaemenes
Pylaemĕnes, is, m., = Πυλαιμένης, a mythical king of the Paphlagonians, an ally of Priam, Liv. 1, 1; Nep. Dat. 2, 2; Dict. Cret. 3, 5.
Hence, Pylaemĕnĭus, a, um, adj.: gens, i. e. Paphlagonian, Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 5.
Pylaicus
Pylăĭcus, a, um, v. Pylae, II. B.
Pylene
Pȳlēnē, ēs, f., = Πυλήνη, a town of Ætolia, Stat. Th. 4, 102.
pylorus
pylōrus, i, m., = πυλωρός, the lower orifice of the stomach, the pylorus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 6 al.
Pylus
Pylus and Pylos, i, f., = Πύλος, the name of three cities of the Peloponnesus, of which one was in Arcadia; one in Messenia, now Old Navarino, Liv. 27, 30; Mel. 2, 3, 9; and the other in Triphylia, the southern province of Elis, the abode of Nestor, whence Pylos Nestorea, Sen. Herc. Fur. 561; sometimes confounded with Pylos in Messenia, where Neleus reigned: nos Pylon, antiqui Neleïa Nestoris arva, Misimus, Ov. H. 1, 63; cf. also: Nelea Pylos, id. M. 6, 418: Nestoria, Sen. Herc. Fur. 561.
Hence, Pylĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pylos, Pylian, freq. poet. for Nestorian: agri, Pylian, Messenian, Ov. M. 2, 684: Nestor, id. P. 1, 4, 10; id. Am. 3, 7, 41; Hor. C. 1, 15, 22: rector, i. e. Nestor, Sil. 7, 597: dies, the days, i. e. age of Nestor, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 62; hence, transf.: senecta, i. e. very great age, Mart. 8, 2. Subst. Pylĭus, ii, m., the Pylian, i. e. Nestor, Ov. M. 8, 365; 12, 537; 542. In plur.: Pylĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Pylos, the Pylians, Mel. 2, 3, 9.
pyra
pyra, ae, f., = πυρά. A funeral pile, pyre (pure Lat. rogus), Verg. A. 6, 215; 11, 185; Ov. F. 2, 534; id. Ib. 36; Auct. B. Afr. 91; Vulg. Ezech. 24, 9. A fire, Vulg. Act. 28, 2. Pyra, ae, f., the name of the place on Mount Œta where Hercules is said to have burned himself, Liv. 36, 30.
Pyracmon
Pyracmon, ŏnis, m., = Πυράκμων, a Cyclops, a servant of Vulcan, Verg. A. 8, 425; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 238; id. Cons. Hon. 3, 195.
Pyracmos
Pyracmos, i, m., a Centaur who was present at the marriage of Pirithoüs, Ov. M. 12, 460.
Pyrae
Pyrae, ārum, f., an ancient town of Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59.
Pyraei
Pyraei, ōrum, m., a people of Illyria, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 144; Mel. 2, 3.
pyralis
pyrălis (-allis), ĭdis, f., = πυραλίς, a winged insect that was supposed to live in fire, called also pyrausta = πυραύστης, or pyrota, Plin. 11, 36, 42, § 119; 10, 74, 95, § 204.
Pyrameus
Pȳrămĕus, a, um, v. 1. Pyramus, II.
pyramidatus
pȳrămĭdātus, a, um, adj. pyramis, pyramidal: corpuscula, a gloss ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66; formerly received into the text.)
pyramis
pȳrămis, ĭdis, f., = πυραμις (prob. Egyptian), a pyramid, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47; Prop. 3 1, 55; Mart. Spect. 1, 1; Tac. A. 2, 61; Plin. 36, 12, 16, § 75: pyramidas regum miramur, id. 36, 15, 24, § 103; Mel. 1, 9; Luc. 9, 155; Tac. A. 2, 61. Transf., a geometrical solid figure, a pyramid, Boëth. Arith. 2, 21 sqq.
Pyramus
Pȳrămus, i, m., = Πύραμος, the lover of Thisbe, who, on account of her supposed death, stabbed himself under a mulberry-tree, Ov. M. 4, 55 sq.
Hence, Pȳrămĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pyramus, Pyramian: arbor, i. e. the mulberry-tree, Ser. Samm. 29, 553.
Pyramus
Pȳrămus, i, m., = Πύραμος, a river in Cilicia, now the Jaihān, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Curt. 3, 4, 7; 3, 7, 5.
pyrausta
pyrausta or -es, ae, v. pyralis.
pyren
pȳrēn, ēnis, f., = πυρήν, a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 188.
Pyrenaeus
Pȳrēnaeus, a, um, and Pȳrēnāĭ-cus, a, um, v. Pyrene.
Pyrene
Pȳrēnē (y scanned short, Tib. 1, 7, 10), ēs, f., = Πυρηνη. One of the fifty daughters of Danaüs, Hyg. Fab. 170. Daughter of Bebryx, beloved by Hercules, and buried upon the mountains called after her name; cf. Sil. 3, 420 sq. Transf. The Pyrenæan Mountains, the Pyrenees, Tib. 1, 7, 9; Luc. 1, 689; Sil. 1, 487: Pyrenes promunturium, Liv. 26, 19. Spain, Sil. 15, 451; 16, 247: Pyrenes populi, id. 1, 190.
Hence, Pȳrēnaeus (y scanned short, Luc. 4, 83), a, um, adj. Of or belonging to Pyrene, Pyrenæan: Pyrenaei montes or Pyrenaeus saltus, the Pyrenæan Mountains, the Pyrenees, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; id. B. C. 1, 37; 3, 19; Liv. 21, 23 sq.; Mel. 2, 5, 1; Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 71; Sil. 3, 415; Aus. Ep. 24, 69. Of or belonging to the Pyrenees, Pyrenæan: nives, Luc. 4, 83: juvenci, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 406: Venus, who was worshipped on the Pyrenees, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 22.
Also, subst.: Pȳrēnaeum, i, n., Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18. Pȳrēnāĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Pyrenees, Pyrenæan: nives, Aus. Urb. in Narbone, 13, 6 dub. (al. Pyrenaeis).
Pyreneus
Pyrēneus (trisyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Πυρηνεύς, a king of Thrace, Ov. M. 5, 274 sq.
pyrethrum
pyrē^thrum or -on, i, n., = πύρεθρον, a plant, Spanish chamomile, pellitory: Anthemis pyrethrum, Linn.; Plin. 28, 9, 42, § 151; Cels. 5, 4; 19; Scrib. Comp. 9; 55; Ov. A. A. 2, 418.
Pyretus
Pyrētus, i, m., one of the Centaurs, Ov. M. 12, 449.
pyreum
pȳrēum, i, n., = πυρεῖον, the sanctuary of Vesta, Cassiod. H. E. 30.
Pyrgi
Pyrgi, ōrum, m., = Πύργοι, a colony in Etruria, now the village of S. Severa, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Liv 36, 3, 6; Verg. A. 10, 184; Suet. Ner. 5; Mart. 12, 2, 1; cf. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 296 sq.
Hence, Pyrgensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Pyrgi, Pyrgan: scorta, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 184: Antistius, of Pyrgi, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287: publicanus, Liv. 25, 3.
pyrgis
pyrgis, is, f., a plant, dog's-tongue, App. Herb. 96.
Pyrgo
Pyrgo, ūs, f., the nurse of Priam's children, Verg. A. 5, 645.
Pyrgopolinices
Pyrgŏpŏlĭnīces, is, m., Tower-towntaker, the name of the hero in Plautus's Miles Gloriosus, 1, 1, 56; 4, 2, 9; Sid. Ep. 1, 9.
Pyrgoteles
Pyrgŏtĕles, is, m., = Πυργοτέλης, a sculptor of the time of Alexander the Great, Plin. 7, 37, 55, § 125; 37, 1, 4, § 8.
pyrgus
pyrgus, i, m., = πύργος, a little wooden tower on the side of a gaming-board, hollow and having steps inside, through which the dice were thrown upon the board (pure Lat. turricula), Sid. Ep. 8, 12 (in Hor. S. 2, 7, 17, called phimus; v. phimus).
Pyrgus
Pyrgus, i, m., = Πύργος, a castle in Elis, Liv. 27, 32; Rutil. Itin. 223.
Pyriphlegethon
Pyrĭphlĕgĕthon, ontis, m., = Πυριφλεγέθων, a river in the Infernal Regions, usually called Phlegethon, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43 dub.; Tert. Apol. 47 fin.; Arn. 2, 52.
pyrites
pyrītes, ae, m., = πυρίτης. Flint, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 138. A millstone, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 137. Iron pyrites, sulphuret of iron, marcasite, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 137.
pyritis
pyrītis, ĭdis, f., = πυρῖτις, a precious stone of a black color, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 189.
pyrocorax
pȳrŏcŏrax, ăcis, v. pyrrhocorax.
Pyrodes
Pyrōdes, is, m., = Πυρώδης, the discoverer of the art of kindling fire: ignem e silice Pyrodes Cilicis filius (invenit), Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198.
Pyrois
Pyrŏis and Pyrŏeis, entis, m., = Πυρόεις (fiery). The planet Mars, Col. poët. 10, 290; Aus. Idyll. 18, 12; App. de Mundo, p. 171; Mart. Cap. 8, § 851 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53, written as Greek). One of the horses of the sun, Ov. M. 2, 153; Val. Fl. 5, 432; Hyg. Fab. 182.
pyropoecilos
pyrŏpoecĭlos lapis, = πυροποίκιλος, or pyrrhŏpoecĭlos, = πυρροποίκιλος, a kind of porphyry, Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157.
pyropus
pyrōpus, i, m., = πυρωπός (fire-colored), a metallic mixture, gold - bronze, bronze, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Lucr. 2, 803; Prop. 4 (5), 10, 21; Ov. M. 2, 2.
pyrota
pyrōta, ae, v. pyralis.
Pyrrha
Pyrrha, ae, and Pyrrhē, ēs, f., = Πύρρα. Daughter of Epimetheus, and wife of Deucalion, Ov. M. 1, 350 sq.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 6; Hyg. Fab. 153; Sen. Troad. 1039.
Hence, Pyrrhaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pyrrha, Pyrrhæan: saxa, which Pyrrha and Deucalion flung behind them, Stat. Th. 8, 305. The name borne by Achilles when clothed as a girl, Hyg. Fab. 96; Sid. Carm. 9, 138. A city in Lesbos, with a harbor, now called Caloni, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 2, 92, 94, § 206; 5, 31, 39, § 139.
Pyrrheum
Pyrrhēum, i, n., a place in Ambracia, Liv. 38, 5.
Pyrrhia
Pyrrhĭa, ae, f., name of a thievish female slave, in a comedy of Titinnius, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 14 Schol. Cruq. ad loc.
Pyrrhias
Pyrrhĭas, ae, m., = Πυρρίας, commander of the Ætolians, Liv. 27, 30.
Pyrrhias
Pyrrhĭăs, ădis, adj. f., = Πυρριάς, of the city of Pyrrha in Lesbos, Pyrrhian: puellae, Ov. H. 15, 15.
pyrrhicha
pyrrhĭcha, ae, and pyrrhĭchē, ēs, f., = πυρριχη, a dance in armor, the Pyrrhic dance, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204: elephas lasciviente pyrrhiche conludere, id. 8, 2, 2, § 5; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Ner. 12; Spart. Hadr 19; App. M. 10, p. 253, 18.
As adj.: ars pyrrhicha, Sid. Ep. 9, 15, 7.
pyrrhicharius
pyrrhĭchārĭus (purrhĭch-), ĭi, m. pyrrhicha, one who performs the Pyrrhic dance, a Pyrrhichist, Dig. 48, 19, 8 fin.
pyrrhichius
pyrrhĭchĭus, a, um, adj., = πυρρίχιος; in prosody, pes, or simply pyrrhichius, a poetical foot consisting of two short syllables, a pyrrhic, Quint. 9, 4, 80; 106; 101; 140 al.; Mart. Cap. 9, § 975.
Pyrrhidae
Pyrrhĭdae, ārum, v. Pyrrhus, I. B.
Pyrrho
Pyrrho, ōnis, m., = Πύρρων, a philosopher of Elis, contemporary with Aristotle, and founder of the sceptical school, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 35; 4, 16, 43; 4, 18, 49; 4, 22, 60; 5, 8, 23; id. Ac. 2, 42, 130; id. Off. 1, 2, 6; id. Tusc. 2, 6, 15; Quint. 12, 2, 24.
Hence, Pyrrhōnĕi (-ōnĭi), ōrum, m., the followers of Pyrrho, Pyrrhonists, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62.
As adj.: Pyrrhonii philosophi, Gell. 11, 5, 1; 6.
pyrrhocorax
pyrrhŏcŏrax, ăcis, m., = πυρροκόραξ, a kind of crow with a reddish beak, the Alpine-crow, hermit-crow: Corvus pyrrhocorax, Linn.; Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133 (al. pyrocorax).
Pyrrhonei
Pyrrhōnĕi and Pyrrhōnĭi, v. Pyrrho.
Pyrrhopoecilos
Pyrrhŏpoecĭlos, v. Pyropoe-.
Pyrrhus
Pyrrhus, i, m., = Πύρρος. Son of Achilles and Deïdamia (otherwise called Neoptolemus), founder of a kingdom in Epirus, slain at Delphi by Orestes, Just. 17, 3, 18; Verg. A. 2, 469; 526 sq.; Ov. H. 8, 3; Hyg. Fab. 97; 123; Dict. Cret. 4, 15. Pyrrhi Castra, a place in Laconia, Liv. 35, 27; in Triphylia, id. 32, 13.
Hence, Pyrrhĭdae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of the kingdom founded in Epirus by Pyrrhus, Just. 17, 3, 3. King of Epirus, about 280 B.C., an enemy of the Romans; on account of his descent from Achilles, called Aeacides (v. h. v.), Cic. Lael. 8, 28; id. Rep. 3, 28, 31; id. Fin. 2, 19, 61; id. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 22, 86; Hor. C. 3, 6, 35; Just. 35, 3 sqq.; Sil. 14, 94.
pyrum
pyrum and pyrus, v. pirum and pirus.
pysma
pysma, ătis, n., = πύσμα; in rhet., a question, Aquila Rom. p. 152 Ruhnk.
Pythagoras
Pȳthăgŏras, ae, m., = Πυθαγόρας, a celebrated philosopher of Samos, about 550 B.C.; he taught in Lower Italy (Croton and Metapontum), and was the founder of the Pythagorean philosophy, which received its name from him, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; 1, 16, 38; 4, 1, 2; id. Fin. 5, 2, 4; id. Div. 1, 3, 5; Hor. S. 2, 6, 63; Ov. M. 15, 60; Liv. 1, 18.
The Greek letter γ (called littera Pythagorae), with its two divergent arms, was used by Pythagoras as a symbol of the two diverse paths of life, that of virtue and of vice, Aus. Idyll. 12, 9; cf. Pers. 3, 56; v. also Lact. 6, 3, 6.
Hence, Pȳthăgŏrēus or Pȳthăgŏrīus, a, um, adj., = Πυθαγόρειος, Pythagorean: somnia, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 52: dogma, Lab. ap. Prisc. p. 679: pavo, into which, according to the Pythagorean doctrine of metempsychosis, the soul of Euphorbus had passed before it reached Pythagoras, Pers. 6, 11: brassica, highly recommended by Pythagoras, Cato, R. R. 157 in lemm. (cf. Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 78): mos, Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 160.
Plur, subst.: Pȳthă-gŏrēi (-ŏrīi), ōrum, m., the followers of the Pythagorean philosophy, the Pythagoreans, Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; id. de Or. 2, 37, 154 al. Pȳthăgŏrĭcus, a, um, adj., = Πυθαγορικός Pythagorean: libri, Liv. 30, 29: philosophia, Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 86 (an interpolated passage, v. Sillig in loc.): prudentia, Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 (but Pythagorii, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 62 B. and K.; cf. Madv. Opusc. Ac. 1, p. 512).
pythagorisso
pȳthăgŏrisso, āre, v. n., = Πυθαγορίζω, to imitate Pythagoras, to pythagorize: noster Plato pythagorissat, App. Flor. 2, p. 352.
Pytharatus
Pytharātus, i, m., = Πυθάρατος, an archon at Athens, B.C. 270, Cic. Fat. 9, 19.
pythaules
pȳthaules, ae, m., = πυθαύλης. One who plays upon the flute the song of the combat between the Pythian Apollo and the dragon Python, Hyg. Fab. 273. Transf., in gen., one who plays upon the flute an accompaniment to the canticum (solo) of an actor, Varr. ap. Non. 166, 11; Sen. Ep. 76, 3; Vop. Carin. 19 Obr.
pythaulicus
pȳthaulĭcus, a, um, adj. pythaules, II., of or belonging to a pythaules, pythaulic: in canticis pythaulicis responsabat, Diom. p. 489 P.
Pytheas
Pythĕas, ae, m., a geographer, a native of Marseilles, contemporary with Ptolemy Philadelphus, Plin. 2, 75, 77, § 187; 2, 97, 99, § 217.
Pythia
Pȳthĭa, ae and ōrum, v. Pythius, sub Python, II. B. 1. and 2.
Pythias
Pythias, ae, m., a false reading for Phintias, v. h. v.
Pythias
Pȳthiăs, ădis, f., name of a female slave, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 47 al.; also in a comedy of Caecilius, Hor. A. P. 238 Schol. Cruq and Orell.; Turp. ap. Non. p. 281, 26.
pythion
pȳthĭon, ĭi, n., = πυθίων, a kind of bulbous plant, otherwise unknown, Plin 19, 5, 30, § 95 (the correct reading is opitiona).
Pythium
Pythĭum, i, n., = Πύθιον, a town of Thessaly, Liv. 42, 53; 44, 2.
Pythius
Pȳthĭus, a, um, v. Python, II.
Pytho
Pȳtho, ūs, f., = Πυθώ, the former name of Delphi and its environs, Tib. 2, 3, 27 (Python, Müll.); Luc. 5, 134.
Hence, Pȳthĭcus, a, um, adj., = Πυθικός, another form for Pythius, Pythian: Apollo, Liv. 5, 21: oraculum, id. 5, 15: sortes, id. 5, 23: divinatio, Val. Max. 1, 8, 10: agon, Tert. adv. Gnost. 6. Pȳthĭus, a, um, adj., = Πύθιος, Pythian, Delphic, Apollonian: Delphis prognatus Pythius Apollo, Naev B. P. 2, 20; so, Apollo, Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77; also incola, Hor. C. 1, 16, 6; and deus, Prop. 2, 31 (3, 29), 16: oraculum, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 3: regna, i. e. Delphi, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 52: antra, Luc. 6, 425: vates, i. e. the Pythoness, Pythia, Juv. 13, 199; cf. in the foll. Substt. Pȳthĭa, ae, f., = ἡ Πυθία, the priestess who uttered the responses of the Delphic Apollo, the Pythoness, Pythia, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38; Nep. Milt. 1, 3. Pȳthĭa, ōrum, n., = τὰ Πύθια (ἱερά), the Pythian games, celebrated at Delphi every fourth year in honor of Appollo, Ov. M. 1, 447: qui Pythia cantat Tibicen, Hor. A. P. 414: Thessalicae veniunt ad Pythia laurus, Luc. 6, 409; Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58.
Pytho
Pȳtho, ōnis, m., a masculine proper name, Liv. 44, 12.
Pytho
Pȳtho, ōnis, m., a familiar spirit, the demon possessing a soothsayer (late Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 18, 11: puella habens spiritum pythonem, id. Act. 16, 16: fecit pythonas, et aruspices multiplicavit, id. 4 Reg. 21, 6.
Python
Pȳthon, ōnis, m., = Πύθων, the serpent slain, according to the myth, near Delphi by Apollo, who was fabled to have been called Pythius in commemoration of this victory, Ov. M. 1, 438; 460; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 1.
pythonicus
pȳthōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = πυθωνικός, prophetic, magical: spiritus, Tert. Anim. 28 fin.; Vulg. Lev. 20, 27.
pythonion
pȳthōnĭon, ĭi, n., = πυθώνιον, a plant, dragon-wort, App. Herb. 4; 14.
pythonissa
pȳthōnissa, ae 3. pytho, a possessed woman, a sorceress, Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 13.
pytisma
pȳtisma, ătis, n., = πύτισμα, that which is spit or spirted out through the lips in tasting wine, Vitr. 7, 4 fin.; Juv. 11, 173, 1.
pytisso
pȳtisso, āre, v. n., = πυτίζω, to spit or spirt out wine in tasting: pytissando modo mihi Quid vini absumpsit, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 48 Don.; cf. Diom. 417 P.
pyxacanthus
pyxăcanthus or os, i, comm., = πυξάκανθα, a plant, boxthorn, buckthorn, Plin. 12, 7, 15, § 31; 24, 14, 77, § 125.
pyxagathus
pyxăgăthus or os, i, m., = πυξἀγαθός, a skilful boxer, Mart. 7, 57, 2.
pyxidatus
pyxĭdātus, a, um, adj. pyxis, made like a box, box-like: commissurae, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57.
pyxidicula
pyxĭdĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. id., a small box, Cels. 6, 6, 5.
pyxinum
pyxĭnum, i, n. (sc. collyrium), = πύξινον, an unguent kept in boxes made of boxwood, box-salve, Cels. 6, 6, 25.
pyxis
pyxis (puxis, Juv. 13, 25; Scrib. Comp. 228), ĭdis, f., = πυξίς. Lit., a box, a small box, esp. for unguents, medicines, etc.
Orig., of boxes made of boxwood, then of those of any kind of wood, and finally, also, of metallic boxes: veneni, Cic. Cael. 25, 61: aurea, Suet. Ner. 47; cf. id. ib. 12: cornea, Plin. 21, 20, 81, § 137: plumbea, id. 32, 10, 47, § 135.
Belonging to the toilet of women, Petr. 110; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 83 (al. buxides). Transf.: ferrea, an iron cap fitted to the lower end of a pestle, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112.