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πίνη

πίνη, pinna

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πῖνʼ Noun: feminine nominative plural, Noun: feminine vocative plural of πίνη

πῖνʼ Verb: present active imperative 2nd singular, Verb: imperfect active indicative 3rd singular of πίνω

πῖνʼ Noun: neuter nominative plural, Noun: neuter vocative plural, Noun: neuter accusative plural of πῖνον

See πῖνʼ in Morpho

πίνη [ῑ] (Antiph. 194.15) and πῖνα, ἡ,
  • pinna, a long-shaped bivalve, with a silky beard or byssus, of which several species inhabit the Mediterranean, freq. mentioned as a delicacy in Com. Poets, e. g. Cratin. 8, Philyll. 13, cf. Arist. HA 528a24, 547b15, Isid.Char. 20, Opp. H. 2.187, Artem. 2.14.
    • II pearl, acc. pl. πίνας UPZ 121.9 (ii B. C.); πείνας POxy. 1273.10 (iii A. D.), cf. ἀληθινόπινος, πινώτιον, πινάριον.—Written with one ν, UPZ l.c., POxy. l.c., and sts. in codd., cf. Cic. Fin. 3.63, ND 2.123, Plin. HN 9.115, 142; πῖνα Hdn.Gr. 2.570, Hsch., Choerob. in An.Ox. 2.250; the spelling πινν- in this word and its derivatives is freq. in codd., but is not found in Inscrr. or Papyri.

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