Meanings
- 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.
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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]
- abbreviationcolloquialellipsismathematicsEllipsis 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”
Origin
- Ancient GreekΠῡθαγόρᾱς
- EnglishPythagoras
From Ancient Greek Πῡθαγόρᾱς (Pūthagórās).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Πυθαγόρας
- Πυθαγόρας (Puthagóras)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Arabic فِيثَاغُورَس
- فِيثَاغُورَس (fīṯāḡūras)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Basque Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Bengali পিথাগোরাস
- পিথাগোরাস (pithagōraś)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Bulgarian Питагор
- Питагор (Pitagor)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Catalan Pitàgores
- PitàgoresAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Chinese Mandarin 畢達哥拉斯 /毕达哥拉斯
- 畢達哥拉斯 /毕达哥拉斯 (Bìdágēlāsī)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Czech Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Danish Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Dutch Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Esperanto Pitagoro
- PitagoroAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Estonian Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Finnish Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
French Pythagore
- PythagoreAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
German Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Greek Πυθαγόρας
- Πυθαγόρας (Pythagóras)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Hebrew פיתגורס
- פיתגורסAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Hungarian Püthagorasz
- PüthagoraszAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Icelandic Pýþagóras
- PýþagórasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Indonesian Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Irish Píotágarás
- PíotágarásAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Italian Pitagora
- PitagoraAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Japanese ピタゴラス, ピュタゴラス
- ピタゴラス (Pitagorasu)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
- ピュタゴラス (Pyutagorasu)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Korean 피타고라스, 피다고라스
- 피타고라스 (Pitagoraseu)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
- 피다고라스 (pidagoraseu)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Latin Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Latvian Pitagors
- PitagorsAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Lithuanian Pitagoras
- PitagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Malay Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Norwegian Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Persian فیثاغورث, پیتاگوراس
- فیثاغورث (fisâġures)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
- پیتاگوراس (pitâgurâs)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Polish Pitagoras
- PitagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Portuguese Pitágoras
- PitágorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Romanian Pitagora
- PitagoraAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Russian Пифаго́р
- Пифаго́р (Pifagór)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Scottish Gaelic Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Slovak Pytagoras
- PytagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Spanish Pitágoras
- PitágorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Swahili Pithagoras
- PithagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Swedish Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Tagalog Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Thai พีทาโกรัส
- พีทาโกรัสAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Turkish Pisagor
- PisagorAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Ukrainian Піфаго́р
- Піфаго́р (Pifahór)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Vietnamese Pytago
- PytagoAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Welsh Pythagoras
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Yiddish פּיטאַגאָראַס
- פּיטאַגאָראַס (pitagoras)Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
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