Pythiadn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪθɪəd/,

/ˈpʌɪθɪəd/,

/ˈpɪθɪad/,

/ˈpʌɪθɪad/, U.S.

/ˈpɪθiəd/,

/ˈpaɪθiəd/,

/ˈpɪθiˌæd/,

/ˈpaɪθiˌæd/

Forms: 1600s–1700s Pythiades (plural), 1600s– Pythiad.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek Πυθιαδ-, Πυθιάς.

Etymology: < ancient Greek Πυθιαδ-, Πυθιάς the Pythian games < Πύθια the Pythian games, use as noun (short for Πύθια ἱερά the Pythian games) of neuter plural of Πύθιος Delphic (see Pythian n.) + -άς -ad suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French Pythiades (1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1603, now rare). Compare earlier Pythian games n. at Pythian n. and adj. Compounds and Olympiad n. 2.Compare the following earlier and apparently isolated example of a direct borrowing of ancient Greek Πύθια the Pythian games:1528 T. Wyatt tr. Plutarch Quyete of Mynde sig. diii ^v For there is no man that lamenteth or wepwth, whan he seith Pythia begyn [Gk. θρηνεῖ Πύθια θεώμενος], no more than he is hungry after the feest.

Greek History.

(The festival of) the Pythian games (see Pythian n. and adj. Compounds); (also) a period of four-years measured from one celebration of the Pythian games to the next. Cf. Olympiad n. Frequently with designating ordinal number.In quot. 1603: a period of five years.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > in ancient world > specific > period between specific games

Pythiad1603

Isthmiad1831

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 395 You know well that there be many Pythiades [Fr. Pythiades; Gk. Πυδιάδας], that is to say, five yeeres tearmes gone over my head, since I began first to minister as Priest unto Apollo Pythius.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xxiii. 418 Others there are..who report, that in the first Pythiad the Gods contended..that all of them were honour'd by Apollo with Crowns of Lawrel.

1749 G. West in tr. Pindar Odes 77 This Ode is inscribed to Hiero of Ætna, King of Syracuse, who, in the Twenty ninth Pythiad (which answers to the Seventy eighth Olympiad) gained the Victory in the Chariot-Race.

1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 121 But in the fifth Pythiad [Gk. πυθιάδι] from this, they ran with colts joined to the car; and in this the four colts of the Theban Orphondas gained the victory.

1842 L. Schmitz in W. Smith Dict. Gr. & Rom. Antiq. 811/2 A Pythiad..ever since the time that it was used as an aera, comprehended a space of four years, commencing with the third year of every Olympiad.

1928 Classical Philol. 23 262 These officers functioned for the four years of a Pythiad.

1962 A. R. Burn Persia & Greeks xiv. 288 Megakles did not allow himself to be downcast; he went off to Delphi..and there his racehorses won new renown for his house with a victory in the 25th Pythiad.

1992 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 94 83 Cleisthenes' interest in Delphi was particularly evident from his chariot-victory at the first Pythiad.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pythiad
释义	Pythiadn. Brit. /ˈpɪθɪəd/, /ˈpʌɪθɪəd/, /ˈpɪθɪad/, /ˈpʌɪθɪad/, U.S. /ˈpɪθiəd/, /ˈpaɪθiəd/, /ˈpɪθiˌæd/, /ˈpaɪθiˌæd/ Forms: 1600s–1700s Pythiades (plural), 1600s– Pythiad. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek Πυθιαδ-, Πυθιάς. Etymology: < ancient Greek Πυθιαδ-, Πυθιάς the Pythian games < Πύθια the Pythian games, use as noun (short for Πύθια ἱερά the Pythian games) of neuter plural of Πύθιος Delphic (see Pythian n.) + -άς -ad suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French Pythiades (1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1603, now rare). Compare earlier Pythian games n. at Pythian n. and adj. Compounds and Olympiad n. 2.Compare the following earlier and apparently isolated example of a direct borrowing of ancient Greek Πύθια the Pythian games:1528 T. Wyatt tr. Plutarch Quyete of Mynde sig. diii ^v For there is no man that lamenteth or wepwth, whan he seith Pythia begyn [Gk. θρηνεῖ Πύθια θεώμενος], no more than he is hungry after the feest. Greek History. (The festival of) the Pythian games (see Pythian n. and adj. Compounds); (also) a period of four-years measured from one celebration of the Pythian games to the next. Cf. Olympiad n. Frequently with designating ordinal number.In quot. 1603: a period of five years. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > in ancient world > specific > period between specific games Pythiad1603 Isthmiad1831 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 395 You know well that there be many Pythiades [Fr. Pythiades; Gk. Πυδιάδας], that is to say, five yeeres tearmes gone over my head, since I began first to minister as Priest unto Apollo Pythius. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xxiii. 418 Others there are..who report, that in the first Pythiad the Gods contended..that all of them were honour'd by Apollo with Crowns of Lawrel. 1749 G. West in tr. Pindar Odes 77 This Ode is inscribed to Hiero of Ætna, King of Syracuse, who, in the Twenty ninth Pythiad (which answers to the Seventy eighth Olympiad) gained the Victory in the Chariot-Race. 1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 121 But in the fifth Pythiad [Gk. πυθιάδι] from this, they ran with colts joined to the car; and in this the four colts of the Theban Orphondas gained the victory. 1842 L. Schmitz in W. Smith Dict. Gr. & Rom. Antiq. 811/2 A Pythiad..ever since the time that it was used as an aera, comprehended a space of four years, commencing with the third year of every Olympiad. 1928 Classical Philol. 23 262 These officers functioned for the four years of a Pythiad. 1962 A. R. Burn Persia & Greeks xiv. 288 Megakles did not allow himself to be downcast; he went off to Delphi..and there his racehorses won new renown for his house with a victory in the 25th Pythiad. 1992 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 94 83 Cleisthenes' interest in Delphi was particularly evident from his chariot-victory at the first Pythiad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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