pyramis

English

Etymology

From Latin pȳramis, from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís).

Noun

pyramis (plural pyramides)

  1. (obsolete) A pyramid.
    • Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford, Letters on Egypt, Edom, and the Holy Land: Volume 1 (page 95)
      For as a Pyramis, beginning at a point, by little and little dilateth into all parts […]

Latin

pȳramidēs Aegyptōrum (pyramids of Egypt)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpyː.ra.mis/, [ˈpyː.ra.mɪs]

Noun

pȳramis f (genitive pȳramidis or pȳramidos); third declension

  1. a pyramid

Declension

Third declension.
Case Singular Plural
nominative pȳramis pȳramidēs
genitive pȳramidis pȳramidum
dative pȳramidī pȳramidibus
accusative pȳramidem pȳramidēs
ablative pȳramide pȳramidibus
vocative pȳramis pȳramidēs
 Third declension, Greek type.
Case Singular Plural
nominative pȳramis pȳramides
genitive pȳramidos pȳramidum
dative pȳramidī pȳramidibus
accusative pȳramida pȳramidas
ablative pȳramide pȳramidibus
vocative pȳramis pȳramides

Descendants

References

  • pyramis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pyramis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pyramis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • pyramis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • pyramis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pyramis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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