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Pythia

[ pith-ee-uh ]

noun

, Greek Mythology.
  1. the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who delivered the oracles.


Pythia

/ ˈpɪθɪə /

noun

  1. Greek myth the priestess of Apollo at Delphi, who transmitted the oracles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pythia1

< Latin Pȳthia < Greek Pȳthía, feminine of Pȳthiós Pythian
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Example Sentences

I knew the Pythia had chewed laurel leaves, but that didn’t work either.

It can provide data from which we can make guesses about the correct courses of action, but it is not a lab-coated Pythia telling us the future.

Mr. Thies, 39, is a founder of Pythia Public Affairs, a communications firm in Brooklyn that also runs political campaigns.

The groom is a political strategist at Pythia Public, a public affairs and strategy firm in Brooklyn.

She has called the work Pythia – the name of the prophetic priestess at ancient Delphi, itself derived from the Greek word pytho, or snake, which had supposedly been slain there by Apollo.

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