- πρίων
- πρίων (A), ὁ, gen.A
πρίονος S.Tr.699
:—saw, IG12.313.129, S.Tr. 699, Fr.797, Cratin.437 (pl.), LXX Am.1.3, Plu.2.654f; π. ὀδοντωτός, opp. π. μαχαιρωτός (toothless saw for cutting stone), Gal. 18(2).331; ὀδόντων π. saw of teeth, i.e. jagged row, AP7.401 (Crin.): abs., serrated ridge of hills, Spanish sierra, LXXJu.3.9; ὁ καλούμενος II. Plb.7.15.6, cf. 1.85.7;λόφοι πάντοθεν ὀξεῖς οἷα πρίονες App.Ill.25
, cf. Str.14.1.4.2 Saw, nickname of a timber-merchant, Com.Adesp.823.3 cylindrical saw, trephine, Hp.VC21. (Oxyt. acc. to Phot., thus differing from part. πρίων, but parox. acc. to Hdn.Gr.1.20.) [[pron. full] ῑ Trag. and Com., also Opp.H.5.199; [pron. full] ῐ in later Poets, dat. pl.πρῐόνεσσι Nic.Th.52
, cf. AP6.204 (Leon.).]------------------------------------πρίων (B), ὁ, Com. Noun, from πρίω, imper. of ἐπριάμην, with a pun upon πρίων (A),Aχὡ π. ἀπῆν
that rasping word, buy . . ,Ar.
Ach. 36; hence πρίων· ἀγοράζων, Hsch.
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