Pȳthon

ōnis, m.
I. the serpent slain, according to the myth, near Delphi by Apollo, who was fabled to have been called Pythius in commemoration of this victory, Ov. M. 1, 438; 460; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 1.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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