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pythagoras

/ˌpɪθəˈɡɔɹɑs/

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What does pythagoras mean?

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use, and a transliteration from modern Greek.
  2. Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.
  3. Ellipsis of Pythagoras' theorem.

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/ˌpɪθəˈɡɔɹɑs/

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I was never so berhymed since Pythagoras’ time that I was an Irish rat, which I can hardly remember.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
Apocrypbal or otherwise, the tale suggests that Pythagoras was an agnostic as regards the current Greek religion of his time.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
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It is said, also, that the solemnity of his exterior garb and gestures was adopted by him from the same feeling with Pythagoras.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
From the days of Pythagoras down to the present time it has been a moot question whether a vegetable or meat diet was best for man.
Chas. A. (Charles Alfred) TyrrellThe Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without DrugsProject Gutenberg ebook #3453