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pinus, a pine, pine-tree, fir, firtree

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

pīnus, ūs or ī: a pine tree, pine, 3.659, et al.; (meton.), a ship, 5.153; a torch, 7.397; a pine brand or torch, 9.522.

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pinoque Noun: feminine ablative singular, Noun: feminine dative singular of pinus

See pinoque in Morpho

pīnus, ūs and i (dat. pinu, Prop. 3, 19, 19; abl. sing. only pinu; gen. and abl. plur. pinorum and pinis), f., = πίτυς.
  • I Lit., a pine, pine-tree; a fir, fir-tree: Pinus silvestris, Linn.; Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 16, 25, 40, § 95: ex altā pinu, Verg. G. 2, 389: pinos loquentes, id. E. 8, 22: evertunt actas ad sidera pinus, id. A. 11, 136: Idaeae sacro de vertice pinus, id. ib. 10, 230: gummi in cerasis, resina pinis, Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 42.— The pine was sacred to Cybele, Ov. M. 10, 103; Macr. S. 6, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; to Diana, Hor. C. 3, 22, 1; Prop. 2, 15, 17 (3, 12, 19); Pan was represented with a pinewreath, Ov. M. 14, 638; Sil. 13, 331; so, too, Faunus, Ov. H. 5, 137. The victors at the Isthmian games were also crowned with a pine-wreath, Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 36.—Acc. to the fable, Pitys, i. e. pinus, was beloved by Pan; hence, pinus amica Arcadio deo, Prop. 1, 18, 29 (20).—
    • B The stone-pine, which bears an edible fruit, Plin. 16, 10, 16, § 38.—
  • II Transf., any thing made of pine-wood or pine-trees.
      • 1 A ship: quos Mincius infestā ducebat in aequora pinu, Verg. A. 10, 206; Hor. Epod. 16, 57: quamvis Pontica pinus Silvae filia nobilis, id. C. 1, 14, 11: orbata praeside pinus, Ov. M. 14, 88.—
      • 2 A pine torch: atque manum pinu flagranti fervidus implet, Verg. A. 9, 72.—
      • 3 A lance, spear, Stat. Th. 8, 539.—
      • 4 An oar, Luc. 3, 531.—
      • 5 A wreath of pineleaves, Ov. M. 14, 638; id. F. 1, 412; Sil. 13, 331.—
      • 6 A pine forest: Gallinaria pinus, Juv. 3, 307.

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