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|Full diacritics=πίνη
|Medium diacritics=πίνη
|Low diacritics=πίνη
|Capitals=ΠΙΝΗ
|Transliteration A=pínē
|Transliteration B=pinē
|Transliteration C=pini
|Beta Code=pi/nh
|Definition=[ῑ] (<span class="bibl">Antiph.194.15</span>) and πῖνα, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[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. <span class="bibl">Cratin.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Philyll.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>528a24</span>, <span class="bibl">547b15</span>, <span class="bibl">Isid.Char.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp. <span class="title">H.</span>2.187</span>, <span class="bibl">Artem.2.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[pearl]], acc. pl. πίνας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>121.9</span> (ii B. C.); πείνας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1273.10</span> (iii A. D.), cf. <b class="b3">ἀληθινόπινος, πινώτιον, πινάριον</b>.—Written with one ν, <span class="title">UPZ</span>l.c., <span class="title">POxy.</span>l.c., and sts. in codd., cf. <span class="bibl">Cic. <span class="title">Fin.</span>3.63</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">ND</span>2.123</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>9.115</span>, <span class="bibl">142</span>; [[πῖνα]] Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.570</span>, Hsch., Choerob. in <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>2.250; the spelling πινν- in this word and its derivatives is freq. in codd., but is not found in Inscrr. or Papyri.</span>
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{{bailly
|btext=ης (ἡ) :<br /><i>c.</i> [[πίννα]].
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{{grml
|mltxt=και πῑνα, ἡ, Α<br /><b>βλ.</b> [[πίννα]].
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{{etym
|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[pen shell]], late also [[pearlshell]], [[pearl]] (com., Arist., pap.).<br />Other forms: younger [[πῖνα]] (Solmsen Wortforsch. 255; codd. most <b class="b3">-νν-</b> against <b class="b3">-ν-</b> in pap. a. inscr.).<br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">πινο-τήρης</b> m. "pen shell-guard", name of a kind of crayfish (S., Ar., Arist. a.o.), <b class="b3">ἀληθινό-πινος</b> [[consisting of real pearls]] (pap. IIp).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">πιν-άριον</b> [[pearlshell]], [[pearl]] (pap.), <b class="b3">-ικόν</b> [[pearl]] with <b class="b3">-ίκιος</b> [[of pearls]] (Peripl. M. Rubr.), <b class="b3">-ινος</b> [[belonging to the πίνη]] with [[λίθος]] = [[pearlshell]] (LXX), <b class="b3">-ώτιον</b> [[earring made of pearls]] (pap. IIIp); prob haplolog. for <b class="b3">*πιν-[εν]ώτιον</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Mediterranean word of unknown origin. Lewy KZ 55, 28 recalls Hebr. [[penin]] [[coral]]. -- I.e. Pre-Greek (not in Furnée).
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{{FriskDe
|ftr='''πίνη''': {pínē}<br />'''Forms''': jünger [[πῖνα]] (Solmsen Wortforsch. 255; codd. meist -νν-gegen -ν- in Pap. u. Inschr.)<br />'''Grammar''': f.<br />'''Meaning''': [[Steckmuschel]], spät auch [[Perlmutter]], [[Perle]] (Kom., Arist., Pap. u.a.).<br />'''Composita''' : Einige Kompp., z.B. [[πινοτήρης]] m. "Steckmuschelwächter", N. einer Krebsart (S., Ar., Arist. u.a.), [[ἀληθινόπινος]] ‘aus echten Perlen be- stehend’ (Pap. II<sup>p</sup>).<br />'''Derivative''': Davon [[πινάριον]] [[Perlmutter]], [[Perle]] (Pap.), -ικόν [[Perle]] mit -ίκιος [[perlen]] (''Peripl''. ''M''. ''Rubr''.), -ινος [[zur [[πίνη]] gehörig]] mit [[λίθος]] = [[Perlmutter]] (LXX), -ώτιον [[Ohrring aus Perlen]] (Pap. III<sup>p</sup>); wohl haplologisch für *πιν-[εν]ώτιον.<br />'''Etymology''' : Mittelmeerwort unbek. Ursprung. Lewy KZ 55, 28 denkt an hebr. ''pĕnin'' [[Koralle]].<br />'''Page''' 2,539-540
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