transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpī-thə-nəs, ˈpi- ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English Phitonesse, from Middle French pithonisse, from Late Latin pythonissa, from Greek Pythōn, spirit of divination, perhaps from Pythō, seat of the Delphic oracle
Date: 14th century
1. : a woman who practices divination
2. : a prophetic priestess of Apollo
• py·thon·ic pī-ˈthä-nik adjective