πῡραμίς

πῡραμίς, -ίδος

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: 1. `pyramid' (Hdt. a.o.). 2. `kind of cake of roasted wheat-grains preserved in honey' (Ephipp.), mostly πυραμοῦς, -οῦντος m. (Ar., Ephipp., Call. a.o.), also πυραμοί pl. m. (Artem.); after H. πύραμος also = χόρτος.

Derivatives: Besides πυράμη f. `sickle' (sch.), backformation from πυρᾱμητός m. `wheat-harvest' (Arist. a.o.). πυραμιδο-ειδής `pyramidal' (Epicur.), usu. haplolog. πυραμο-ειδής `id.' (Thphr. a.o.), -ιδικός `id.' (Iamb.).

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: In the sense of `cake' from πυρός `wheat' after σησαμ-ίς, -οῦς. After Diels KZ 47, 193 ff. (w. lit. and uncorrect formal analysis) the Egypt. pyramids were named after the (though unknown) form of the cake; on this Kretschmer Glotta 10, 243.

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