Meanings
plural Pythagoreans
- A follower of Pythagoras; someone who believes in or advocates Pythagoreanism.First known use 16th c.
Plato clearly distinguished the Orphics and the Pythagoreans.
2021, Andrea Nightingale, Philosophy and Religion in Plato's Dialogues, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 1371 more example
Plato could still speak the language of archaic myth. He could speak it, because he was a Pythagorean, and myth was their technical language.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 268
comparative more Pythagorean · superlative most Pythagorean
- Following the lifestyle advocated by the Pythagoreans; specifically, vegetarian.First known use 17th c.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePertaining to Pythagoras.
adjectivePertaining to the philosophy of Pythagoras.
Origin
- LatinPȳthagorēus“pertaining to Pythagoras”
- EnglishPythagorean
From Latin Pȳthagorēus (“pertaining to Pythagoras”) + -an. Compare Pythagoric.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian питагореец, питагоров
- питагореец (pitagoreec)follower of Pythagoras
- питагоров (pitagorov)of or relating to Pythagoras
- питагорейски (pitagorejski)of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Catalan pitagòric, pitagòrica
- pitagòricfollower of Pythagoras
- pitagòricafollower of Pythagoras
- pitagòricof or relating to Pythagoras
- pitagòricof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Czech pythagorejec, pythagorovec
- pythagorejecfollower of Pythagoras
- pythagorovecfollower of Pythagoras
- pythagorovof or relating to Pythagoras
- pythagorejskýof or relating to Pythagoras
- pythagorejskýof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Dutch pythagoreeër, pythagorisch
- pythagoreeërfollower of Pythagoras
- pythagorischof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Esperanto pitagorano, hipitagorano
- pitagoranofollower of Pythagoras
- hipitagoranofollower of Pythagoras
- pitagoraninofollower of Pythagoras
- pitagoraof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
- pitagorismaof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
- pitagoranaof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
- hipitagoranaof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
- jipitagoranaof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Finnish pythagoralainen, pythagoralainen
- pythagoralainenfollower of Pythagoras
- pythagoralainenof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
French pythagoricien, pythagoricienne
- pythagoricienfollower of Pythagoras
- pythagoriciennefollower of Pythagoras
- pythagoriqueof or relating to Pythagoras
- pythagoricienof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
German Pythagoreer, Pythagoreerin
- Pythagoreerfollower of Pythagoras
- Pythagoreerinfollower of Pythagoras
- Pythagoräerfollower of Pythagoras
- Pythagoräerinfollower of Pythagoras
- pythagoreischof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
- pythagoräischof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Irish Píotagarásach
- Píotagarásachof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Italian pitagorico, pitagorico
- pitagoricofollower of Pythagoras
- pitagoricoof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Polish pitagorejski, pitagorejski
- pitagorejskiof or relating to Pythagoras
- pitagorejskiof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Russian пифагоре́ец, пифаго́ров
- пифагоре́ец (pifagoréjec)follower of Pythagoras
- пифаго́ров (pifagórov)of or relating to Pythagoras
- пифагоре́йский (pifagoréjskij)of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Spanish pitagórico, pitagórico
- pitagóricofollower of Pythagoras
- pitagóricoof or relating to Pythagoras
- pitagóricoof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Swedish pythagoreisk
- pythagoreiskof or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
Cite this entry
Pythagorean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pythagorean
“Pythagorean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pythagorean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pythagorean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pythagorean.
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