πρίνινος: Difference between revisions

|Beta Code=pri/ninos

|Definition=η, ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">made from the</b> πρῖνος, γύης <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>429</span>; ἄνθρακες <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>668</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ πρίνιναι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">βάλανοι</b>) Dsc.1.106.2; π. ὕλη <span class="bibl">Orib.49.3.1</span>; <b class="b3">μύκητες π</b>. fungi <b class="b2">that grow under the ilex</b>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.227.11</span>, cf. <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>3.231. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">oaken</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">tough, sturdy</b>, γέροντες <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>180</span>; τὸ λίαν στρυφνὸν καὶ π. ἦθος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>877</span>; ἀθληταί <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>8</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>7.37 (Diosc.) (rejected by Hom. in favour of <b class="b3">φήγινος</b> for reasons of euphony, acc. to <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>2.9</span>).</span>

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