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|etymtx=-ίδος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: 1. [[pyramid]] (Hdt. a.o.). 2. <b class="b2">kind of cake of roasted wheat-grains preserved in honey</b> (Ephipp.), mostly <b class="b3">πυραμοῦς</b>, <b class="b3">-οῦντος</b> m. (Ar., Ephipp., Call. a.o.), also <b class="b3">πυραμοί</b> pl. m. (Artem.); after H. <b class="b3">πύραμος</b> also = <b class="b3">χόρτος</b>.<br />Derivatives: Besides <b class="b3">πυράμη</b> f. [[sickle]] (sch.), backformation from <b class="b3">πυραμητός</b> m. <b class="b2">wheat-harvest</b> (Arist. a.o.). <b class="b3">πυραμιδο-ειδής</b> [[pyramidal]] (Epicur.), usu. haplolog. <b class="b3">πυραμο-ειδής</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Thphr. a.o.), <b class="b3">-ιδικός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Iamb.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: In the sense of [[cake]] from <b class="b3">πυρός</b> [[wheat]] after <b class="b3">σησαμ-ίς</b>, <b class="b3">-οῦς</b>. 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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