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Pythagoras en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /pəjˈt̪ɔɡᵊ.rəs/ (India, South)
  • /pəjˈt̪ɑɡᵊ.rəs/ (India, South)
  • /pɪˈθæɡ.ə.ɹəs/
  • (uncommon) audio Midland US
  • /paɪˈθæɡ.ə.ɹəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈpɑj.t̪həˌɡo.rəs/ (India, North)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πῡθαγόρᾱς (Pūthagórās).

Meanings

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use, and a transliteration from modern Greek.
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use, and a transliteration from modern Greek. ▸ Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.
    • Gratiano: O, be thou damn'd, inexecrable dog! And for thy life let justice be accused. Thou almost makest me waver in my faith, To hold opinion with Pythagoras, That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men: thy currish spirit Govern'd a wolf, who, hang'd for human slaughter, Even from the gallows did his fell soul fleet, And, whilst thou lay'st in thy unhallow'd dam, Infused itself in thee; for thy desires Are wolfish, bloody, starved, and ravenous. c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Pythagoras' theorem.
    • Serge Lang and Gene Murrow (1988), Geometry, →ISBN, page 203: “By Pythagoras, we find the length of the third side, |AB|² = (2a)² – a² = 4a² – a² = 3a²”

Deriveds

Pythagorean triple · Pythagorean · theorem of Pythagoras · Pythagoreanism · Pythagoras cup · Pythagoras' theorem

Relateds

Socrates · Archimedes · Aristotle · Plato

Translations (69)

bn পিথাগোরাস (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · sq Pitagora (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · th พีทาโกรัส (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · jv Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · sk Pytagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · grc Πυθαγόρας (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · gl Pitágoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ko 피다고라스 (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · fi Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · hy Պյութագորաս (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · nds Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · la Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · io Pitagoro (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · pl Pitagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · cs Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · it Pitagora (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ja ピュタゴラス (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · tl Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · acw فيثاغورس (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · gd Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · el Πυθαγόρας (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ru Пифаго́р (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · uk Піфаго́р (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · tr Pisagor (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · sv Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ka პითაგორა (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · cmn 畢達哥拉斯 /毕达哥拉斯 (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ast Pitágoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · cy Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ko 피타고라스 (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · da Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ga Píotágarás (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · sh Питагора (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · fa فیثاغورث (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · sl Pitágora (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · km ពីតាករ (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ms Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · de Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · he פיתגורס (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · sw Pithagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · sl Pitágoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · fr Pythagore (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · eu Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ca Pitàgores (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · hu Püthagorasz (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · lb Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · pt Pitágoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ja ピタゴラス (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ar فِيثَاغُورَس (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · sh Pitagora (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · yi פּיטאַגאָראַס (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · eo Pitagoro (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · id Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · lv Pitagors (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · xcl Պիւթագորաս (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · ro Pitagora (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · is Pýþagóras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · et Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · nl Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · bg Питагор (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · mk Питагора (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · fa پیتاگوراس (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · lt Pitagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · vi Pytago (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · es Pitágoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · scn Pitàgura (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · no Pythagoras (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · az Pifaqor (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) · mr पाय्थागोरास (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)