= Synagoge pi786, Lexica Segueriana 355.8, Photius pi1521 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius pi4308 and elsewhere. The headword, present indicative (or subjunctive) active first person singular of the verb, is unattested elsewhere and is probably a generic lexical reference. Adler adduces a scholion to Homer, Iliad 9.405, where "Pytho" occurs as a place name (see n. 1 below). See in general pi 3253.
[1] The title of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi (see pi 3218, pi 3137), this folk etymology, based on the similarity between the sound of the headword verb and an alternative name for Delphi, *puqw/ ('that place' mentioned in the comment; cf. pi 3137, pi 3140, delta 210), is frequently cited in antiquity but is probably incorrect on account of the different length of the upsilon in the first syllable (as was recognized in antiquity; see Strabo 9.419). See Chantraine, DELG s.v. *puqw/.
[2] Outside the Suda and the other lexica metioned above, Lycus of Neapolis is mentioned only in two passages from Erotianus' Hippocratic lexicon (47.17, 85.9) as an authority on medical matters. For more on pus, see pi 3178, pi 3179.