Πυθία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Πῡθῐ́η (Pūthíē) – Ionic

Etymology

Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “Pytho, Delphi”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios, feminine adjectival suffix)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

Πῡθῐ́ᾱ • (Pūthíā) f (genitive Πῡθῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Pythia: priestess of Apollo at Delphi, who uttered prophetic oracles

Declension
First declension of ἡ Πῡθῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Πῡθῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Πῡθῐ́ᾱ
hē Pūthíā
Genitive τῆς Πῡθῐ́ᾱς
tês Pūthíās
Dative τῇ Πῡθῐ́ᾳ
têi Pūthíāi
Accusative τὴν Πῡθῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Pūthíān
Vocative Πῡθῐ́ᾱ
Pūthíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
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