πίτυς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῐ], υος, ἡ</b>, Ep. dat. pl. [[πίτυσσιν]], <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[pine]], esp. [[Pinus Laricio]], [[Corsican pine]], π. βλωθρή, τήν τ' οὔρεσι τέκτονες ἄνδρες ἐξέταμον <span class="bibl">Il.13.390</span>; μακρῇσίν τε πίτυσσιν ἰδὲ δρυσίν <span class="bibl">Od.9.186</span>; also, <b class="b2">Aleppo pine, P. halepensis</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.9.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>301</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.2.1.3</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>2.8.2 (called π. ἀγρία <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.9.3</span>, <span class="bibl">3.3.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.5.6.4</span>); <b class="b2">stone pine, P. pinea</b>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.49</span>, Dsc.1.69, 72 (π. ἥμερος <span class="bibl">Paus.6.9.1</span>); <b class="b2">small-seeded pine, P. brutia</b>, π. φθειροποιός <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.2.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>16.49</span>; the [[Isthmian pine]] was one species, <span class="bibl">Callix.2</span>, Plu.2.675e: prov., <b class="b3">πίτυος τρόπον ἐκτρίβειν</b> like [[a pine]], i.e. [[utterly]], because the pine when cut down never grows again, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.37</span> (but this is attributed to the [[πεύκη]], and not to the [[πίτυς]], by <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.9.5</span>).</span>