pizio

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpit.t͡sjo/
  • Rhymes: -ittsjo
  • Hyphenation: pì‧zio

Etymology 1

From Latin pȳthius, from Ancient Greek Πῡ́θιος (Pū́thios, “Pythian”).

Adjective

pizio (feminine pizia, masculine plural pizi, feminine plural pizie)

  1. (Ancient Greece, relational) epithet of the god Apollo; of Pythia
  2. (historical) Pythian
    Synonym: pitico

Etymology 2

From New Latin pȳthium, derived from Ancient Greek πῡ́θω (pū́thō, “I (cause to) putrefy”).

Noun

pizio m (plural pizi)

  1. (zoology) a member of the Pythium taxonomic genus, of molds.
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