πίτυς
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English (LSJ)
[ῐ], υος, ἡ, Ep. dat. pl. πίτυσσιν,
A pine, esp. Pinus Laricio, Corsican pine, π. βλωθρή, τήν τ' οὔρεσι τέκτονες ἄνδρες ἐξέταμον Il.13.390; μακρῇσίν τε πίτυσσιν ἰδὲ δρυσίν Od.9.186; also, Aleppo pine, P. halepensis, Thphr.HP3.9.5, Nic.Al.301, Paus.2.1.3, Gp.2.8.2 (called π. ἀγρία Thphr.HP1.9.3, 3.3.1, Paus.5.6.4); stone pine, P. pinea, Theoc.5.49, Dsc.1.69, 72 (π. ἥμερος Paus.6.9.1); small-seeded pine, P. brutia, π. φθειροποιός Thphr.HP2.2.6, cf. Plin.HN16.49; the Isthmian pine was one species, Callix.2, Plu.2.675e: prov., πίτυος τρόπον ἐκτρίβειν like a pine, i.e. utterly, because the pine when cut down never grows again, Hdt.6.37 (but this is attributed to the πεύκη, and not to the πίτυς, by Thphr.HP3.9.5).
