Thursday, 8 November 2012

بيثون python

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word بيثون
(bithoun) means python and derives from the greek language.
 
Wikipedia: In Greek mythology, Python (Greek: Πύθων, gen.: Πύθωνος) was the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in Greek sculpture and vase-paintings as a serpent. He presided at the Delphic oracle, which existed in the cult center for his mother, Gaia, "Earth," Pytho being the place name that was substituted for the earlier Krisa.[1] Hellenes considered the site to be the center of the earth, represented by a stone, the omphalos or navel, which Python guarded.
In Turkish is piton.

LEXILOGOS:

python (n.)

1.large Old World boas
2.a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit

Python (n.)

1.(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi

Python (n.)

1.(MeSH)A family of snakes comprising the boas, anacondas, and pythons. They occupy a variety of habitats through the tropics and subtropics and are arboreal, aquatic or fossorial (burrowing). Some are oviparous, others ovoviviparous. Contrary to popular opinion, they do not crush the bones of their victims: their coils exert enough pressure to stop a prey's breathing, thus suffocating it. There are five subfamilies: Boinae, Bolyerinae, Erycinae, Pythoninae, and Tropidophiinae. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p315-320)