Pyramus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Pȳrămus, i, m., = Πύραμος,

I the lover of Thisbe , who , on account of her supposed death , stabbed himself under a mulberry-tree , Ov. M. 4, 55 sq. — Hence,

II Pȳrămĕus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pyramus , Pyramian : arbor, i. e. the mulberry-tree , Ser. Samm. 29, 553.

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