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Pythagorean
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English
Etymology
From en la Pȳthagorēus pertaining to Pythagoras en an. Compare en Pythagoric.
Pronunciation
en /p(a)ɪˌθaɡəˈɹiːən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pythagorean.wav Southern England
en /ˌpajt̪əˈɡorɪjən/ Indic
Noun
A follower of Pythagoras; someone who believes in or advocates Pythagoreanism. from 16th c.
en 1981 w:William Irwin Thompson The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture Rider/Hutchinson & Co. London 268 Plato could still speak the language of archaic myth. He could speak it, because he was a Pythagorean, and myth was their technical language.
en 2021 Andrea Nightingale Philosophy and Religion in Plato's Dialogues Cambridge University Press 9781108945035 137 https://books.google.com/books?id=fXIqEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA137&dq=%22Orphics%22&hl=&cd=12&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Orphics%22&f=false Plato clearly distinguished the Orphics and the Pythagoreans.
Translations
follower of Pythagoras
Bulgarian: bg питагореец m
Catalan: ca pitagòric m, ca pitagòrica f
Czech: cs pythagorejec m, cs pythagorovec m
Dutch: nl pythagoreeër m
Esperanto: ♂♀ eo pitagorano, explicitly ♂ eo hipitagorano, explicitly ♀ eo pitagoranino
Finnish: fi pythagoralainen
French: fr pythagoricien m, fr pythagoricienne f
German: de Pythagoreer m, de Pythagoreerin f, Austrian de Pythagoräer m, Austrian de Pythagoräerin f
Italian: it pitagorico m
Russian: ru пифагоре́ец m
Spanish: es pitagórico m
Volapük: ♂♀ vo pütagoran, ♂ vo hipütagoran, ♀ vo jipütagoran
Adjective
Pertaining to Pythagoras. from 16th c.
en Pythagoric<q:rare>
Pertaining to the philosophy of Pythagoras. from 16th c.
en Pythagoric<q:rare>
Following the lifestyle advocated by the Pythagoreans; specifically, vegetarian. from 17th c.
Derived terms
en Neopythagorean Pythagorean comma Pythagorean expectation Pythagorean extension Pythagorean field Pythagorean fraction Pythagorean hammers Pythagorean interval Pythagorean mean Pythagorean prime Pythagorean proposition Pythagorean quadruple Pythagorean scale Pythagorean square puzzle Pythagorean theorem Pythagorean triad Pythagorean triangle Pythagorean trigonometric identity Pythagorean triple Pythagorean tuning Pythagorean cup Pythagorean bean
Translations
of or relating to Pythagoras
Bulgarian: bg питагоров
Catalan: ca pitagòric
Czech: cs pythagorov, cs pythagorejský
French: fr pythagorique
Galician: gl pitagórico
Macedonian: mk питогоров, mk питагорин
Polish: pl pitagorejski
Russian: ru пифаго́ров
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh питагорин
Latin: sh pitagorin
Slovene: sl pitagorov, sl pitagorejski
Spanish: es pitagórico
of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Bulgarian: bg питагорейски
Catalan: ca pitagòric
Czech: cs pythagorejský
Dutch: nl pythagorisch
Esperanto: eo pitagora, eo pitagorisma, ♂♀ eo pitagorana, explicitly ♂ eo hipitagorana, explicitly ♀ eo jipitagorana
Finnish: fi pythagoralainen
French: fr pythagoricien
German: de pythagoreisch, Austrian de pythagoräisch
Irish: ga Píotagarásach
Italian: it pitagorico m
Polish: pl pitagorejski
Russian: ru пифагоре́йский
Slovene: sl pitagorejski
Spanish: es pitagórico
Swedish: sv pythagoreisk
Volapük: Pythagoras > Pütagoras > vo pütagorasik, vo pütagorik, ♂♀ vo pütagoranik, ♂ vo hipütagoranik, ♀ vo jipütagoranik
See also
en Neopythagoreanism, en Neo-Pythagoreanism
en eponyms
en Vegetarianism