English

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

Descendants

• English: pyramid
• Galician: pirámide
• Italian: piramide
• Portuguese: pirâmide
• Spanish: pirámide

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pyramis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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