Πυθαγόρας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πῡθᾰγόρης (Pūthagórēs) — 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 • (Pūthagórās) m (genitive Πῡθᾰγόρου); first declension

1. a male given name: Pythagoras
2. in particular, the pre-Socratic philosopher Pythagoras of Samos

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς; τοῦ Πῡθᾰγόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς ho Pūthagórās	τὼ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ tṑ Pūthagórā	οἱ Πῡθᾰγόραι hoi Pūthagórai
Genitive	τοῦ Πῡθᾰγόρου toû Pūthagórou	τοῖν Πῡθᾰγόραιν toîn Pūthagórain	τῶν Πῡθᾰγορῶν tôn Pūthagorôn
Dative	τῷ Πῡθᾰγόρᾳ tôi Pūthagórāi	τοῖν Πῡθᾰγόραιν toîn Pūthagórain	τοῖς Πῡθᾰγόραις toîs Pūthagórais
Accusative	τὸν Πῡθᾰγόρᾱν tòn Pūthagórān	τὼ Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ tṑ Pūthagórā	τοὺς Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς toùs Pūthagórās
Vocative	Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ Pūthagórā	Πῡθᾰγόρᾱ Pūthagórā	Πῡθᾰγόραι Pūthagórai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πῡθᾰγόρειος (Pūthagóreios)
• Πῡθᾰγορῐ́ζω (Pūthagorízō)
• Πῡθᾰγορῐκός (Pūthagorikós)
• Πῡθᾰγορῐσμός (Pūthagorismós)
• Πῡθᾰγορῐστής (Pūthagoristḗs)

Descendants

• Greek: Πυθαγόρας (Pythagóras)
• Latin: Pȳthagorās

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