πῡρᾰμίς,ίδος,ἡ,
A. pyramid, Hdt. 2.8 , 124 , D.S. 1.63 , Str. 17.1.33 , OGI 666.13 (Egypt,i A.D.), etc.; as a sepulchral monument, PLips. 30.14
(iii A.D.).
2. pyramid, as a geometrical figure, Pl. Ti. 56b , Arist. Cael. 304a12 , etc.
b. pyramidal number, Speus. ap. Theol.Ar. 62 .
3. name of a farm-building, IG 22.2776.16 ; of a fountain, Arch.Anz. 26.233 (Panticapaeum).
II. a sort ofcake, Ephipp. 13.5 (anap.); different fromπυραμοῦς, acc. to Iatrocl. ap. Ath. 14.647c codd. (but dub., cf.πυραμοῦντα: τὴν πυραμίδα, Hsch. );ἡ ἐκ πυρῶν καὶ μέλιτος, ὥσπερ σησαμὶς ἡ ἐκ σησάμων καὶ μέλιτος, EM 697.27 . (Expld. by Gramm., etc., fr.πῦρbecause pointed, Amm.Marc. 22.15.29 , cf. Pl.l.c.; fromπυρός, St.Byz. : it is suggested that the pyramids were named from resembling a πυραμίς
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in shape; but the shape of a π.
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is unknown: the derivation from Egypt.pr-m-wś'the height of a pyramid' is doubtful.)