Meanings
comparative more Neopythagorean · superlative most Neopythagorean · alternative neo-Pythagorean
- Of or pertaining to Neopythagoreanism.
Nevertheless Neopythagorean treatises are extant that were written in Alexandria at the end of the first century B.C. Some of these treatises were written by women adopting as pennames the names of earlier female disciples and relatives of Pythagoras.
2013, Helene Foley, Reflections of Women in Antiquity, page 311
plural Neopythagoreans · alternative neo-Pythagorean
- An adherent of Neopythagoreanism.
Origin
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Neopythagorean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Neopythagorean
“Neopythagorean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Neopythagorean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Neopythagorean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Neopythagorean.
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