conus
From LSJ
Τὸ μανθάνειν δ' ἥδιστον εὖ λέγοντος, εἰ κέρδος λέγοι → It is the sweetest thing to learn from one speaking well, if they speak profitably
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cōnus: i, m., = κῶνος,
I a cone.
I In gen., Lucr. 4, 430 and 432; Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; 2, 18, 47 al.—
II Esp., of conical bodies,
A The apex of a helmet, Verg. A. 3, 468; Ov. M. 3, 108; Plin. 10, 1, 1, § 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 14, 2.—
B The cone of the cypress, Col. 6, 7, 2.—
C A kind of sundial, Vitr. 9, 8, 1.
