πύθων, -ωνος, ὁ 1) in cl, Python, a serpent slain by Apollo, who is hence surnamed the Pythian. 2) In Plut. (ii, 414 E), a name given to ventriloquist soothsayers (ἐγγαστρίμυθοι; cf. Lev.19:31 20:6, 27, 1Ki.28:7), and perhaps in this sense πνεῦμα πύθωνα,
a python-spirit: Act.16:16. (
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