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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /pyː.ra.mís/, /py.raˈmis/, /pi.raˈmis/, /pyː.ra.mís/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /py.raˈmis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /py.raˈmis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /py.raˈmis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /pi.raˈmis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Perhaps from Ancient Greek πῡραμός (pūramós) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s), from πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) + ἀμάω (amáō, “reap”), or from Egyptian pr-m-ws (“height of a pyramid”), from pr (“(one that) comes forth”) + m (“from”) + ws (“height”). If the ‘cake’ sense of the word is primary and was later applied to the Egyptian monuments from their resemblance in shape, then the Greek etymology is probable; however, the shape of the cake is unknown, and the ‘monument’ sense is attested a century earlier than the ‘cake’ sense, so that the Greek derivation is problematic. The Egyptian derivation is also problematic in that there is a gap of 1100 years between the attestation of pr-m-ws and that of πυραμίς. It is also possible that the ‘monument’ sense and the ‘cake’ sense were originally etymologically distinct but came to be identical due to folk etymology. Etymology templates: {{af|grc|πῡραμός|-ῐς|alt2=-ῐ́ς}} πῡραμός (pūramós) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s), {{der|grc|egy|pr-m-ws||height of a pyramid}} Egyptian pr-m-ws (“height of a pyramid”), {{glossary|folk etymology}} folk etymology Head templates: {{grc-noun|πῡρᾰμῐ́δος|f|third|head=πῡρᾰμῐ́ς}} πῡρᾰμῐ́ς • (pūrămĭ́s) f (genitive πῡρᾰμῐ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πῡρᾰμῐ́ς|πῡρᾰμῐ́δος|form=F-full}} Forms: πῡρᾰμῐ́ς [canonical], pūrămĭ́s [romanization], πῡρᾰμῐ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ πῡρᾰμῐ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ πῡρᾰμῐ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ πῡρᾰμῐ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς πῡρᾰμῐ́δος [genitive, singular], τοῖν πῡρᾰμῐ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν πῡρᾰμῐ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ πῡρᾰμῐ́δῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν πῡρᾰμῐ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς πῡρᾰμῐ́σῐ [dative, plural], πῡρᾰμῐ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs pūrămĭ́sĭ [dative, plural], taîs pūrămĭ́sĭn [dative, plural], τὴν πῡρᾰμῐ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ πῡρᾰμῐ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς πῡρᾰμῐ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], πῡρᾰμῐ́ς [singular, vocative], πῡρᾰμῐ́δε [dual, vocative], πῡρᾰμῐ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. pyramid
    Sense id: en-πυραμίς-grc-noun-IrotbyhI Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. a type of cake
    Sense id: en-πυραμίς-grc-noun-hmnOZGMr Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις: 53 47

Inflected forms

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πῡρᾰμῐ́δος",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "πῡρᾰμῐ́ς"
      },
      "expansion": "πῡρᾰμῐ́ς • (pūrămĭ́s) f (genitive πῡρᾰμῐ́δος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πῡρᾰμῐ́ς",
        "2": "πῡρᾰμῐ́δος",
        "form": "F-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pyramid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pyramid",
          "pyramid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a type of cake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cake",
          "cake"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pyː.ra.mís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈmis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi.raˈmis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pyː.ra.mís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈmis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈmis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈmis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi.raˈmis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πυραμίς"
}

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