Definition of Pythagoras

1. Noun. Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC).

Generic synonyms: Mathematician, Philosopher
Derivative terms: Pythagorean

Definition of Pythagoras

1. Proper noun. An Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher ¹

2. Proper noun. (mathematics colloquial) Pythagoras' theorem. ¹

3. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek male given name) of mostly historical use, and a transliteration from modern Greek. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pythagoras

Pyrrhonisms
Pyrrhonist
Pyrrhonists
Pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhuloxia sinuata
Pyrrhus
Pyrrophyta
Pyrrosia
Pyrrosia lingua
Pyrularia
Pyrularia pubera
Pyrus
Pyrus communis
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pythagoras (current term)
Pythagorean
Pythagorean theorem
Pythagorean triple
Pythagoreanism
Pythagoreans
Pythagorism
Pythagorize
Pythagorized
Pythagorizes
Pythagorizing
Pythia
Pythiaceae
Pythian
Pythian Apollo

Literary usage of Pythagoras

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong (1883)
"The birth of Pythagoras is placed by Mullach in the first year of the 43d ... The nativity of Pythagoras is brought down nearly forty years later by ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher and mathematician and founder of the Pythagorean ... Very little is known about the Ufe and personality of Pythagoras. ..."

3. History of Ancient Philosophy by Wilhelm Windelband (1899)
"This movement is the ethico-religious reformation of Pythagoras. It is absolutely necessary, in the interest of historical clearness, to distinguish ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher and mathematician and founder of the Pythagorean ... Very little is known about the life and personality of Pythagoras. ..."

5. History of Ancient Philosophy by Wilhelm Windelband (1921)
"It is also to be regarded as highly probable that Pythagoras himself wrote nothing. ... Pythagoras himself, however, in the light of historical criticism, ..."

6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"Pythagoras the First was not mistaken in his Roman Catholic. ... Cilicia ; and if it was the true Interest of Pythagoras, though a zealous Protestant . ..."

7. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"BY the time of Pythagoras the following modes were in use in Greece : the ... The problem which lay before Pythagoras was the union of these various modes ..."

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