pythonic

pythonic · adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰewbʰ-“deep; dark (?); unclear (?)”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΠῡ́θων“Python, mythical serpent which lived at Delphi”
3. Latin · derived fromPȳthōn
4. English todaypythonic

From python (“snake of the family Pythonidae”) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Python is derived from Latin Pȳthōn, from Ancient Greek Πῡ́θων (Pū́thōn, “Python, mythical serpent which lived at Delphi”), from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “Pytho, ancient name of Delphi; Python, the mythical serpent”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep; dark (?); unclear (?)”) or *puH- (“foul, rotten”)) + -ων (-ōn, suffix forming possessives).

pythonic · adjective²

1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ῐκός
2. Koine Greek · derived fromπύθων“spirit possessing a person, especially one with the power of prophecy”
3. Medieval Greek · derived fromπυθωνικός
4. Late Latin · derived frompȳthōnicus“of or pertaining to divination, prophetic; magical”
5. Medieval Latin · derived fromphitōnicus
6. Middle English · inherited fromphitonic
7. English todaypythonic

From Late Middle English phitonic, phithonice (“of a possessing spirit: oracular, prophetic”), from Medieval Latin phitōnicus, a variant of Late Latin pȳthōnicus (“of or pertaining to divination, prophetic; magical”), from Medieval Greek πυθωνικός (puthōnikós), from Koine Greek πύθων (púthōn, “spirit possessing a person, especially one with the power of prophecy”) + Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Πύθων (Púthōn) is derived from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “Pytho, ancient name of Delphi; Python, the monstrous snake said to have been slain by Apollo at Delphi”) (see further at etymology 1) + -ων (-ōn, suffix forming possessives). In ancient times, Pytho, later Delphi, was the location of a Temple of Apollo where the high priestess, or Pythia, was a well-known oracle or prophetess. cognates * Middle French phitonicque, phitonique

pythonic · adjective³

See Pythonic (etymology 1).

pythonic · adjective⁴

See Pythonic (etymology 2).

Pythonic · adjective⁵

From Python + -ic.

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