Πυθαγόρας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πῡθᾰγόρης (Pūthăgórēs) — Ionic

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

 

• IPA^(key): /pyː.tʰa.ɡó.raːs/ → /py.θaˈɣo.ras/ → /pi.θaˈɣo.ras/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyː.tʰa.ɡó.raːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /py.tʰaˈɡo.ras/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /py.θaˈɣo.ras/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /py.θaˈɣo.ras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.θaˈɣo.ras/

Proper noun

Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς • (Pūthăgórās) m (genitive Πῡθᾰγόρου); first declension

1. a male given name, Pythagoras, notably borne by the pre-Socratic philosopher Pythagoras of Samos

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς; τοῦ Πῡθᾰγόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς ho Pūthăgórās	τὼ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ tṑ Pūthăgórā	οἱ Πῡθᾰγόραι hoi Pūthăgórai
Genitive	τοῦ Πῡθᾰγόρου toû Pūthăgórou	τοῖν Πῡθᾰγόραιν toîn Pūthăgórain	τῶν Πῡθᾰγορῶν tôn Pūthăgorôn
Dative	τῷ Πῡθᾰγόρᾳ tōî Pūthăgórāi	τοῖν Πῡθᾰγόραιν toîn Pūthăgórain	τοῖς Πῡθᾰγόραις toîs Pūthăgórais
Accusative	τὸν Πῡθᾰγόρᾱν tòn Pūthăgórān	τὼ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ tṑ Pūthăgórā	τοὺς Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς toùs Pūthăgórās
Vocative	Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ Pūthăgórā	Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ Pūthăgórā	Πῡθᾰγόραι Pūthăgórai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πῡθᾰγόρειος (Pūthăgóreios)
• Πῡθᾰγορῐ́ζω (Pūthăgorĭ́zō)
• Πῡθᾰγορῐκός (Pūthăgorĭkós)
• Πῡθᾰγορῐσμός (Pūthăgorĭsmós)
• Πῡθᾰγορῐστής (Pūthăgorĭstḗs)

Descendants

• Greek: Πυθαγόρας (Pythagóras)
• Latin: Pȳthagorās
• Old Armenian: Պիւթագորաս (Piwtʻagoras), Պիւթագոր (Piwtʻagor)
• Classical Syriac: ܦܬܘܓܪܣ
• Arabic: فِيثَاغُورَس (fīṯāḡūras)
  • → Persian: فیثاغورس (fisâġores)
• Hijazi Arabic: فيثاغورس (fīṯāḡōrs)
• Persian: فیثاغورث (fisâġores), فیثاغورس
  • → Urdu: فیثاغورث (fīsāġūras)
  • → Punjabi: فیثاغورث (fīsāġūras)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023