II. as Subst.,
1. (sc. ἱέρεια), = Πυθία, the Pythian priestess, Plu.2.295d; Π. προφῆτις, one of the dramatis personae in A.Eu..
2. (sc. ἑορτή), the celebration of the Pythian games, Pi.P.1.32, 5.21, IG14.747 (Naples); ἁ Πυθιὰς ἁ ἱαρἀ, ἁ ἱερομηνία ἁ Πυθιάς, ib.22.1126.38,44.