pythonissa

Latin

Etymology

From pȳthon +‎ -issa.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pyː.tʰoːˈnis.sa/, [pyːt̪ʰoːˈnɪs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pi.toˈnis.sa/, [pit̪oˈnisːä]

Noun

pȳthōnissa f (genitive pȳthōnissae, masculine pȳthon); first declension

1. witch
2. sorceress

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pȳthōnissa	pȳthōnissae
genitive	pȳthōnissae	pȳthōnissārum
dative	pȳthōnissae	pȳthōnissīs
accusative	pȳthōnissam	pȳthōnissās
ablative	pȳthōnissā	pȳthōnissīs
vocative	pȳthōnissa	pȳthōnissae

References

• “pythonissa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pythonissa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.