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Definition: Pythias |
PythiasNoun1. Friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the Tyrant released them both (4th century BC). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Pythias" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Pythias (See Damon .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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In Greek mythology, Pythias was a friend of Damon's.Dionysius condemned Pythias to death. He allowed Pythias to leave to settle his affairs first, as long as Damon, Pythias' friend, agreed to stay as hostage. Damon did so. When Pythias returned as promised, Dionysius let them both go.
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Synonym: PythiasSynonym: Phintias (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Friend | Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux, Nisus and Euryalus, Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum. |
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Crosswords: Pythias |
| English words defined with "Pythias": Damon and Pythias. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Pythias": Pylades and Orestes. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | When Damon Fell for Pythias (1917) Damon and Pythias (1914) A Cowboy Damon and Pythias (1912) Damon and Pythias (1908) To Hamogelo tis Pythias (1979) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Knights of Pythias, 11th and 24th District Convention, Glenwood, Iowa, May 18, 1916. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expressions using "Pythias": Damon and Pythias ♦ Knights of Pythias. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
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knight of pythias | 52 |
damon and pythias | 23 |
pythias | 10 |
jeansgirls pythias | 4 |
jean pythias | 2 |
damon pythias restaurant | 2 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-p-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: aphis, apish, hasty, pasty, paths, patsy, pitas, piths, pithy, saith, spahi, spait, staph, tapis, tipsy. | |
-3 letters: aits, ashy, haps, hasp, hast, hats, hays, hips, hist, hits, hyps, pash, past, path, pats, paty, pays, phat, phis, pias, pish, pita, pith, pits, pity, pyas, sati, shay, ship, sith, spat, spay, spit, stay, syph, taps. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-p-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: hypotaxis, platyfish, sympathin. | |
+3 letters: asphyxiate, hospitably, hypostasis, hypostatic, hypotonias, lymphatics, metaphysic, myopathies, playthings, psychiatry, sociopathy, sympathies, sympathins, sympathise, sympathize. | |
+4 letters: asphyxiated, asphyxiates, hospitality, hyperstatic, hypertonias, hypogastric, hypoplastic, hypostatize, metaphysics, misanthropy, mycophagist, mythopoeias, phantasying, pharyngitis, phyllotaxis, physiatrist, physicalist, physicality, platyfishes, playwrights, polymathies, postholiday, psychiatric, rhinoplasty, saprophytic, scyphistoma, staphylinid, sycophantic, sympathetic, sympathised, sympathises, sympathized, sympathizer, sympathizes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 79 74 68 69 61 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. -.--. - .... .. .- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01111001 01110100 01101000 01101001 01100001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P y t h i a s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0079 0074 0068 0069 0061 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50918674756785 |
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