Note: Pythagoras made numbers the basis of his philosophical system, as well physical as metaphysical. The doctrine of the transmigration of souls (metempsychosis) is associated closely with name of Pythagoras.
PYTHAGORIZE
Py*thag"o*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pythagorized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pythagorizing.] Etym: [Gr.
Defn: To speculate after the manner of Pythagoras.
PYTHIAD
Pyth"i*ad, n. Etym: [See Pythian.] (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: The period intervening between one celebration of the Pythian games and the next.
PYTHIAN
Pyth"i*an, a. Etym: [L. Pythius, Gr. pythien.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi. Pythian games (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated near Delphi, in honor of Apollo, the conqueror of the dragon Python, at first once in eight years, afterward once in four.
PYTHOCENIC
Pyth`o*cen"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Producing decomposition, as diseases which are supposed to be accompanied or caused by decomposition.
PYTHON Py"thon, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. Python the serpent slain near Delphi by Apollo, Gr.