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κῶνος

κῶνος, pine cone, cone; (f) pine tree

κῶνος, ου,
      • 1 masc., the fruit of the πεύκη, pine-cone, = στρόβιλος, Ps.-Hdt. Vit.Hom. 20, Thphr. HP 3.9.5, 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. IG 2(2).1013.19, OGI 629.163 (Palmyra, ii A.D.).
      • 3 fem., pine tree, Pl. Epigr. 27 Diehl (prob.), Plu. QConv. 2.640c.
    • II from likeness 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.Délos 442 B 56 (ii B.C.).
    • III as place-name. πρὸς τῷ ἀνδροφόνῳ κώνῳ dub. sens. in IG 3.61 A ii 15 (ii A.D.).

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