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Headword:
Puramis
Adler number: pi,3190
Translated headword: pyramid
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A particular [kind of] house.[1]
[Note] that we call a shovel a pyrame, incorrectly.[2]
Greek Original:Puramis: oikia tis. hoti tên puramên amên legomen hêmeis, ouk orthôs.
Notes:
[1] cf.
Hesychius, who glosses the nominative plural as
oi)kodomh/mata gewmetrika/, e)pi\ ta\ ka/tw katerxo/mena. For such a plural see under
kappa 2804; and cf. also
rho 211. On the etymology, see LSJ s.v. (web address 1).
[2] From
alpha 1574 (q.v.); unconnected with the present headword.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: architecture; definition; science and technology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 19 March 2010@07:29:43.
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