πυραμοῦς

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τοῖς οἰκείοις βουλεύμασιν ἁλίσκεσθαι → hoist by one's own petard, hoist with one's own petard, hoist on one's own petard, hoisted by one's own petard, be hoist with one's own petard

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Full diacritics: πῡρᾰμοῦς Medium diacritics: πυραμοῦς Low diacritics: πυραμούς Capitals: ΠΥΡΑΜΟΥΣ
Transliteration A: pyramoûs Transliteration B: pyramous Transliteration C: pyramoys Beta Code: puramou=s

English (LSJ)

οῦντος, ὁ, contr. fr. πυραμόεις, (πυρός)

   A cake of roasted wheat and honey, Ephipp.8.3, cf. Trypho ap.Ath.3.114b; given to him who kept awake best during a παννυχίς, Call.Fr.2.6P.: hence, generally, meed of victory, prize, τοῦ γὰρ τεχνάζειν ἡμέτερος ὁ π. for stratagem 'we take the cake (or biscuit)', Ar.Th.94, cf. Eq.277.

German (Pape)

[Seite 820] ὁ, statt πυραμόεις, ein Kuchen von geröstetem Weizen mit Honig (Ath. III, 144 b, ἄρτος διὰ σησάμων πεττόμενος καὶ τάχα ὁ αὐτὸς τῷ σησαμίτῃ ὤν), Ar. Equ. 277, den der bekam, welcher die Nacht über bei der παννυχίς wachend aushalten konnte; dah. Th. 94 τοῦ γὰρ τεχνάζειν ἡμέτερος ὁ πυραμοῦς, in der List ist der Kuchen unser, d. i. bin ich des Sieges gewiß, vgl. Schol. zur Stelle und πυραμίς.