† pyramen.

Forms: Middle English piram, Middle English pirame, Middle English pram (perhaps transmission error), Middle English–1500s pyrame, 1600s piramees (plural).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin pȳramis; Greek πυραμίς.

Etymology: < classical Latin pȳramis and (in sense 2) its etymon ancient Greek πυραμίς pyramid n.With sense 1 compare frequent use by Trevisa of piramis (see α. forms at pyramid n.) as an English singular, translating Latin oblique forms: ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 24 Þe siȝt is noȝt I-made but bi a piramys [L. per piramidem] I-schape a top wise þat comeþ to þe eiȝe.

Obsolete. rare.

1. The cone of lines representing the extent of an object as converging on the eye that perceives it.Apparently only in Trevisa.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > [noun] > ray or beam > entering eye

pyramea1398

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 24 Whanne þe liknes of þe þing comeþ to þe siȝt vpon þese pirames [1495 piramis; L. pyramides], þenne þe liknes of liȝt & colour passiþ by þe smale curtiles & humoures of þe eiȝe.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 330 Þe highnesse þat comeþ from þe þing þat is y-seen streiȝt to yhe makeþ pirame, of þe whiche þe poynt is in þe blak of þe yhe and þe brode ende in þe þing þat is y-seie.

2. A pyramid; a spire, a steeple. Cf. pyramid n. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > pyramid

pyramida1552

pyrame1584

1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 104^v In full view and prospect to the greatest pyrame [Gk. τῆς μεγάλης πυραμίδος], which is every way an acre and an halfe square.

1604 S. Hieron Answer Popish Rime in Wks. (1620) I. 574 Well may the heathen people boast Of piramees & churches cost.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pyrame
释义	† pyramen. Forms: Middle English piram, Middle English pirame, Middle English pram (perhaps transmission error), Middle English–1500s pyrame, 1600s piramees (plural). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin pȳramis; Greek πυραμίς. Etymology: < classical Latin pȳramis and (in sense 2) its etymon ancient Greek πυραμίς pyramid n.With sense 1 compare frequent use by Trevisa of piramis (see α. forms at pyramid n.) as an English singular, translating Latin oblique forms: ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 24 Þe siȝt is noȝt I-made but bi a piramys [L. per piramidem] I-schape a top wise þat comeþ to þe eiȝe. Obsolete. rare. 1. The cone of lines representing the extent of an object as converging on the eye that perceives it.Apparently only in Trevisa. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [noun] > ray or beam > entering eye pyramea1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 24 Whanne þe liknes of þe þing comeþ to þe siȝt vpon þese pirames [1495 piramis; L. pyramides], þenne þe liknes of liȝt & colour passiþ by þe smale curtiles & humoures of þe eiȝe. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 330 Þe highnesse þat comeþ from þe þing þat is y-seen streiȝt to yhe makeþ pirame, of þe whiche þe poynt is in þe blak of þe yhe and þe brode ende in þe þing þat is y-seie. 2. A pyramid; a spire, a steeple. Cf. pyramid n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > pyramid pyramida1552 pyrame1584 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 104^v In full view and prospect to the greatest pyrame [Gk. τῆς μεγάλης πυραμίδος], which is every way an acre and an halfe square. 1604 S. Hieron Answer Popish Rime in Wks. (1620) I. 574 Well may the heathen people boast Of piramees & churches cost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1398
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