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[ pit-uh-kuhs ] / ˈpɪt ə kəs /
nounc650–570 b.c., democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene. Words nearby Pittacuspit scale, pit stop, Pitt, pitta, pitta bread, Pittacus, pittance, pitted, pitted keratolysis, pitter-patter, pitting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for PittacusPittacus, Thales, Arctinus, were among the great names she gave to science and to song. Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton No, says he, Pittacus; not 'hard to be good,' but 'hard to become good.' Pittacus said, "Every one of you hath his particular plague, and my wife is mine; and he is very happy who hath this only." Familiar Quotations|John Bartlett He is said also to have been a pupil of Pittacus, the rival of Thales, and the master of Pythagoras. Cicero's Tusculan Disputations|Marcus Tullius Cicero
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