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Pȳthăgŏras , ae, m., = Πυθαγόρας,
I.a celebrated philosopher of Samos, about 550 B.C.; he taught in Lower Italy (Croton and Metapontum), and was the founder of the Pythagorean philosophy, which received its name from him, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; 1, 16, 38; 4, 1, 2; id. Fin. 5, 2, 4; id. Div. 1, 3, 5; Hor. S. 2, 6, 63; Ov. M. 15, 60; Liv. 1, 18.— The Greek letter γ (called littera Pythagorae), with its two divergent arms, was used by Pythagoras as a symbol of the two diverse paths of life, that of virtue and of vice, Aus. Idyll. 12, 9; cf. Pers. 3, 56; v. also Lact. 6, 3, 6.—Hence,
A. Pȳthăgŏrēus or Pȳthăgŏrīus , a, um, adj., = Πυθαγόρειος, Pythagorean: “somnia,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 52: dogma, Lab. ap. Prisc. p. 679: “pavo,” into which, according to the Pythagorean doctrine of metempsychosis, the soul of Euphorbus had passed before it reached Pythagoras, Pers. 6, 11: “brassica,” highly recommended by Pythagoras, Cato, R. R. 157 in lemm. (cf. Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 78): “mos,” Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 160.—Plur, subst.: Pȳthă-gŏrēi (-ŏrīi ), ōrum, m., the followers of the Pythagorean philosophy, the Pythagoreans, Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; id. de Or. 2, 37, 154 al.—
B. Pȳthăgŏrĭcus , a, um, adj., = Πυθαγορικός Pythagorean: “libri,” Liv. 30, 29: “philosophia,” Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 86 (an interpolated passage, v. Sillig in loc.): “prudentia,” Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 (but Pythagorii, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 62 B. and K.; cf. Madv. Opusc. Ac. 1, p. 512).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.60
    • Horace, Satires, 2.6.63
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.37
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 20.78
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 29
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 18
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.30
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.2
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.3
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.10
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.16
    • Persius, Saturae, 3
    • Persius, Saturae, 6
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 4.7.1
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