I.the former name of Delphi and its environs, Tib. 2, 3, 27 (Python, Müll.); Luc. 5, 134.—Hence,
I. 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.—
II. 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. —
B. Substt.
1. 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. —
2. 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.
