κίων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῑ], ονος</b>, Hom. (not in Il.), mostly <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἡ; ὁ <span class="bibl">Od.8.66</span>, <span class="bibl">473</span>, <span class="bibl">19.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eumel.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>105</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.184</span>, etc.; ἡ <span class="bibl">Id.1.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.19</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).258.12 (Cierium, ii B.C.), al.:—[[pillar]], freq. in Od. of roof-[[pillars]], <span class="bibl">19.38</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>8</span>; οἱ κ. οἱ ἐν τῷ Λυκείῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>303b</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>969.10 (Piraeus, iv B.C.), al.; used as a [[flogging]]-[[post]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>108</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 1.59</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">ἔσθι' ἐλθὼν τοὺς Μεγακλέους κίονας</b> eat the [[pillar]]s of his [[hall]], for, being a [[spendthrift]], he had nothing else left to give, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 815</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of natural objects, [Ἄτλας] ἔχει… κίονας αὐτὸς μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσι <span class="bibl">Od.1.53</span>; [<b class="b3">Ἄτλας] ἕστηκε κίον</b>' (dual) οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς… ἐρείδων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>351</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ κ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</b> (of Mount Atlas) <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.184</span>; <b class="b3">κίων οὐρανία</b>, of Aetna, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.19</span>; for the [[Pillars]] of [[Hercules]], v. [[Ἡράκλειος]] ''1''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[columnar gravestone]], AP7.163 (Leon.): distinguishedfrom [[στήλη]], <span class="bibl">And.1.38</span>; κίων [[τετράπλευρος]] an [[obelisk]], <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>1061 (Constantinople); any [[column]] bearing an inscription, <b class="b3">ἀγγράψαι ἐγ κίονα λιθίναν</b> <span class="title">IG</span>l.c. (cf. p.xii); <b class="b3">ἔσται ἡ στήλη ἐπὶ τοῦ κείονος</b> ib.22.1368.29 (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[uvula]], κ. [[ἀνεσπασμένος]] <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Epid.</span>1.26</span>.έ, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>493a3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[division of the nostrils]], [[cartilage of the nose]], <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>37</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.79</span>, <span class="bibl">80</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> kind of [[meteor]], Placit.3.2.5. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> kind of [[wart]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>65</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span>2.212</span> (where [[κιών]], oxyt.). (Cf. Arm. [[siun]] 'pillar'.)</span>