03-08-2026, 08:44 AM
Word EVA pydeey
The single word pydeey, from page 1r (A), was one of the first I wanted to understand.
I saw in this word (p98u9) a Slavic word пятыя – the fifth.
Today I will check if this word could transcribe some Greek words. Not surprisingly, I found several:
The single word pydeey, from page 1r (A), was one of the first I wanted to understand.
I saw in this word (p98u9) a Slavic word пятыя – the fifth.
Today I will check if this word could transcribe some Greek words. Not surprisingly, I found several:
- πητύας, gen sg/ acc pl of πητύα = πῑτύα = πυτία = πυετία – curdled milk obtained from an animal’s stomach, containing (and used as) rennet;
- πιδηεις – rich in springs;
- πῐτυΐς – pine-seed; pine-resin;
- πίτυος, gen of πίτυς – pine;
- πῐθείας = πιθίας – jar-shaped comet;
- Πυθίας, gen of Πυθία – Pythia, priestess of Pythian Apollo at Delphi, who uttered the responses of the oracle;
- Πύθῐος, α, ον – Pythian, i.e. Delphian, epithet of Apollo; =Πυθικός, ή, όν – of or for Pytho, Pythian.

