Pythia

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Pythia

Definition: Pythia

Pythia

Noun

1. (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Date "Pythia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)

Synonym: Pythia

Synonym: Pythoness (n). (additional references)

Synonyms within Context: Pythia

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Oracle	Noun: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer; interpreter.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: Pythia

Domain	Title
Books	Delphoi és a Pythia sportversenyei (reference) La Discontenta ; and, La pythia : two verse plays (reference) The Pythia on Ellis Island (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: Pythia

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	Pithya vulgaris, commonly known as the Pythia. Credit: Thom O'Dell.		Medium shot of pythia (Pithya vulgaris). Credit: Thom O'Dell.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pythia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
pythia	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Pythia

Language		Translations for "Pythia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		πύθια (pythoness). (various references)

Pig Latin		ythiapay

Spanish		pitia. (various references)

Ukrainian		піфія (pythoness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Pythia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-h-i-p-t-y"
	-1 letter: pithy.
	-2 letters: path, paty, phat, pita, pith, pity.
	-3 letters: ait, apt, hap, hat, hay, hip, hit, hyp, pah, pat, pay, phi, pht, pia, pit, pya, tap, thy, tip, yah, yap, yip.
	-4 letters: ah, ai, at, ay, ha, hi, it, pa, pi, ta, ti, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-i-p-t-y"
	+2 letters: patchily.
	+3 letters: antipathy, antiphony, hypanthia, hypotaxis, hypotonia, lymphatic, myopathic, philately, platyfish, plaything, polyanthi, sympathin.
	+4 letters: asphyxiate, atrophying, cytopathic, halophytic, hermatypic, hospitably, hypanthium, hypertonia, hypostasis, hypostatic, hypotactic, hypotonias, lymphatics, metaphysic, myopathies, mythopoeia, patriarchy, phagocytic, phatically, photically, playthings, playwright, polymathic, psychiatry, sociopathy, sympathies, sympathins, sympathise, sympathize.
	+5 letters: amphictyony, antiphonary, antityphoid, aphetically, apophyllite, asphyxiated, asphyxiates, cardiopathy, cryptarithm, diaphaneity, hospitality, hydropathic, hyperactive, hyperacuity, hyperstatic, hypertonias, hyphenating, hyphenation, hypogastric, hypoplastic, hypostatize, hypothalami, hypothermia, ithyphallic, lithography, macrophytic, metaphysics, misanthropy, mycophagist, myelopathic, mythopoeias, parathyroid, paratyphoid, phagocytize, phantasying, pharyngitis, phyllotaxis, physiatrist, physicalist, physicality, phytoalexin, pictography, platyfishes, platyrrhine, playwrights, polymathies, postholiday, psychiatric, retinopathy, rhinoplasty, saprophytic, scyphistoma, staphylinid, sycophantic, sympathetic, sympathised, sympathises, sympathized, sympathizer, sympathizes, trophically, typographic.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album

5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography

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