פִּיתוֹם II, (פָּתָה, adapt. of πύθων) [seducer,] necromancer, conjurer, ventriloquist. Snh. VII, 7 בעל אוב זה פ׳ המדבר משחיו baʿal ob is the pithom that makes the dead speak from his armpit; Sifra E’dosh. Par. 3, ch. VII; ib. Par. 4, ch. XI; Tosef. Snh. X, 6 פ׳ המדבר בין פרקיו וכ׳ that talks between his joints and from between his armpits; a. e.