"Πυθώ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Πυθώ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /pyː.tʰɔ̌ː/, /pyˈθo/, /piˈθo/, /pyː.tʰɔ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /pyˈtʰo/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /pyˈθo/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /pyˈθo/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /piˈθo/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-ṓ, from *dʰewb- (“depths, hollow, deep, bottom”), a reference to the monsters who inhabited the caverns, but it has also been linked to πύθω (púthō, “to rot, to decay”). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*dʰewb-ṓ}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-ṓ Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Πῡθοῦς|f|third|head=Πῡθώ}} Πῡθώ • (Pūthṓ) f (genitive Πῡθοῦς); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Πῡθώ|Πῡθοῦς|form=F-sing}} Forms: Πῡθώ [canonical], Pūthṓ [romanization], Πῡθοῦς [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ Πῡθώ [nominative, singular], τῆς Πῡθοῦς [genitive, singular], τῇ Πῡθοῖ [dative, singular], τὴν Πῡθώ [accusative, singular], Πῡθοῖ [singular, vocative]
  1. Pytho; the ancient name of Delphi
    Sense id: en-Πυθώ-grc-name-BESR~j44
  2. Python, the monstrous snake said to have been slain by Pythian Apollo at Delphi
    Sense id: en-Πυθώ-grc-name-oxhuefOE Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the third declension: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Πυθών (Puthṓn)
Derived forms: Πυθαγόρας (Puthagóras), Πῡ́θῐᾰ (Pū́thia), Πῡθῐ́ᾱ (Pūthíā), Πῡ́θῐον (Pū́thion), Πῡ́θῐος (Pū́thios), Πυθόδωρος (Puthódōros), Πῡθόθεν (Pūthóthen), Πῡθοῖ (Pūthoî), Πῡθοῖδε (Pūthoîde), Πῡθοκτόνος (Pūthoktónos), Πυθόπολις (Puthópolis), Πῡθων (Pūthōn)
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