Meaning

3 senses

  1. Pertaining to Pythagoras.

    pythagoreisch, pythagoräisch

    пифаго́ровpifagórov, пифагоре́йскийpifagoréjskij

    of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry

  2. Pertaining to the philosophy of Pythagoras.

  3. Following the lifestyle advocated by the Pythagoreans; specifically, vegetarian.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Pythagorean thought was dominated by mathematics, but it was also profoundly mystical.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · carlosalberto · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. You can only apply the Pythagorean theorem to triangles with right angles.

    ruТы можешь применить теорему Пифагора только для прямоугольных треугольников. — odexed

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · AlanF_US · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
of or relating to Pythagoras:
of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy:

Origin

From Latin Pȳthagorēus (“pertaining to Pythagoras”) + -an. Compare Pythagoric.

From Latin Pȳthagorēus (“pertaining to Pythagoras”) + -an. Compare Pythagoric.

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Forms

more Pythagorean, most Pythagorean
Comparativemore Pythagorean Lesson
Superlativemost Pythagorean Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Pythagoric

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pygmypylonpyramidpythonqqipao
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