- κῶνος
- κῶνος, ου,1 masc., the fruit of the πεύκη, pine-cone, = στρόβιλος, Ps.-Hdt.Vit.Hom.20, Thphr.HP3.9.5, Theoc.5.49, Dsc.1.69, etc.; used in Orphic rites, Orph.Fr.31.29.2 edible seed of the πίτυς, Mnesith. ap. Ath.2.57b; πιτύϊνοι κ. Alex.Mynd.ibid., cf. IG22.1013.19, OGI629.163 (Palmyra, ii A.D.).3 fem., pine tree, Pl. Epigr.25 (prob.), Plu.2.640c.II from like ness of shape,1 cone, Democr.155, Arist.Mete.362b2, etc.; γραμμαὶ κατὰ κῶνον ἐκπίπτουσαι so as to form a cone, ib.375b22, cf. 345b6; ὀρθογωνίου, ὀξυγωνίου, ἀμβλυγωνίου κώνου τομά, names for parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola, Archim.Con.Sph.Praef.b ὁ κ. τῆς γῆς conical shadow of the earth, Simp.in de An.133.5, cf. Phlp.in de An.348.27;
τῆς νυκτὸς ὁ κ. εἰς ὀξὺ λήγει Dam.Pr.213
.c ὁ τῆς ὄψεως κ. cone of vision, Gal.7.95, cf. Phlp.in de An.333.27 (pl.).2 cone or peak of a helmet, AP 9.322 (Leon.).3 = στρόβιλος, spinning top, Hsch.4 iron pole round which grain is piled in conical shape, PGrenf.2.17.3 (ii B.C.), Gal.19.76.5 στέφανος χρυσοῦς ἐπὶ κώνου δάφνης dub. sens. in Inscr.Délos442 B56 (ii B.C.).III as place-name. πρὸς τῷ ἀνδροφόνῳ κώνῳ dub. sens. in IG3.61 Aii 15 (ii A.D.).
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