Πυθαγόρας
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Aristippus explained his name by saying, "He spoke (-agor-) the truth no less than did the Pythian (Pyth-)", thus referring his name to Πυθία (Puthía, “Apollonian oracle of Delphi”) and ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak publicly in the agora”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pyː.tʰa.ɡó.raːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /py.tʰaˈɡo.ras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /py.θaˈɣo.ras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /py.θaˈɣo.ras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.θaˈɣo.ras/
Proper noun
Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς • (Pūthagórās) m (genitive Πῡθᾰγόρου); first declension
- a male given name: Pythagoras
- in particular, the pre-Socratic philosopher Pythagoras of Samos
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς ho Pūthagórās |
τὼ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ tṑ Pūthagórā |
οἱ Πῡθᾰγόραι hoi Pūthagórai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Πῡθᾰγόρου toû Pūthagórou |
τοῖν Πῡθᾰγόραιν toîn Pūthagórain |
τῶν Πῡθᾰγορῶν tôn Pūthagorôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Πῡθᾰγόρᾳ tôi Pūthagórāi |
τοῖν Πῡθᾰγόραιν toîn Pūthagórain |
τοῖς Πῡθᾰγόραις toîs Pūthagórais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Πῡθᾰγόρᾱν tòn Pūthagórān |
τὼ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ tṑ Pūthagórā |
τοὺς Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς toùs Pūthagórās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ Pūthagórā |
Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ Pūthagórā |
Πῡθᾰγόραι Pūthagórai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Πῡθᾰγόρειος (Pūthagóreios)
- Πῡθᾰγορῐ́ζω (Pūthagorízō)
- Πῡθᾰγορῐκός (Pūthagorikós)
- Πῡθᾰγορῐσμός (Pūthagorismós)
- Πῡθᾰγορῐστής (Pūthagoristḗs)
Descendants
- Greek: Πυθαγόρας (Pythagóras)
- Latin: Pȳthagorās
- Old Armenian: Պիւթագորաս (Piwtʻagoras), Պիւթագոր (Piwtʻagor)
- Classical Syriac: ܦܬܘܓܪܣ
- Arabic: فِيثَاغُورَس (fīṯāḡūras)
- → Persian: فیثاغورس (fisâğores)
- Hijazi Arabic: فيثاغورس (fīṯāḡōrs)
- Persian: فیثاغورث (fisâğores), فیثاغورس
References
- “Πυθαγόρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Πυθαγόρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023