ΠΎΘΩΝ: * 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. Le 19:31 20:6, 27, I Ki 28:7), and perhaps in this sense πνεῦμα πύθωνα, a python-spirit: Ac 16:16.†