Synonyms for pythonesses
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pahy-thuh-nis, pith-uh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpaɪ θə nɪs, ˈpɪθ ə- |
Définition of pythonesses
Origin :- late 14c., "woman with the power of soothsaying," from Old French phitonise (13c.), from Late Latin pythonissa, used in Vulgate of the Witch of Endor (I Sam. xxviii:7), and often treated as her proper name, literally fem. of pytho "familiar spirit;" which ultimately is connected with the title of the prophetess of the Delphic Oracle, Greek pythia hiereia, from Pythios, an epithet of Apollo, from Pytho, older name of the region of Delphi (see python).
- As in sorceress : noun enchantress
- Some of these were exorcisers, and others, like the Greek pythonesses, presided at oracular shrines.
- Extract from : « Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria » by Lewis Spence
- The Pythonesses of the oracles exercised this faculty, and it was not less skilfully practised by Edward Kelley.
- Extract from : « Amenities of Literature » by Isaac Disraeli
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